寺

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

head temple

this temple

dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple

monk

various temples

one's family 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

Buddhism

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)

office of a temple

Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest

Buddhism

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest

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

shrine built to a guardian deity

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee

Buddhism

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

old shrines and temples

status of a Buddhist temple

child who attended a temple school (Edo period)

Abbreviation

temple elementary school (Edo period)

private temple (ritsuryō period); non-state-sponsored temple

entering a temple; visiting a temple

Rare term

joining a temple as a priest or head priest

state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period