寺

Counter

counter for temples

temple (Buddhist)

Buddhist temple

religious building; church; cathedral; mosque

temples and shrines

inside a temple

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

in a temple; inside temple grounds

sub-temple

temple's territory; temple's estate

ritual visits to a temple

Historical term

enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school

Historical term

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

going to a temple to repent

temple's name

office of a temple

temple affairs

Archaic

temple administrator; person in charge of temple affairs

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

status of a Buddhist temple

child who attended a temple school (Edo period)

Abbreviation

temple elementary school (Edo period)

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

Idiomatic expression

putting the cart before the horse

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

Historical term

temple elementary school (Edo period)

Historical term

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

Historical term

terauke system; system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith