堂

shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung

mortuary chapel

Buddhism

lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)

Company name

Ito-Yokado (retail chain)

temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder

visiting a shrine

Formal or literary term

visiting a home

reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held

living room-cum-dining room

dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory

complete seven-structured temple compound

'taru' adjective

with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

Company name

Seibundo Shinkosha (publishing company based in Tokyo)

home; mother

small building used for worship or sutra chanting (located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)

your family; your mother

cathedral

Organization name

Juntendo University

belfry; bell tower

belfry; bell tower; campanile

ruler of a synagogue

Organization name

Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living

'taru' adjective

with heroic drive and boundless energy

separate building

Architecture

outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites