寺

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

temple built at the order of the emperor

sub-temple; affiliated temple

Nenbutsu temple

mosque (in China)

Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest

Place name

Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto); Golden Pavilion

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima)

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

Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)

(women's) refuge

Colloquial

monk

imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama

Idiomatic expression

his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; the enemy is at Honnōji

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

coarse rice powder

mosque

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

Idiomatic expression

doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow

the large number of temples in Kyoto; 808 temples

Idiomatic expression

putting the cart before the horse

Organization name

ShorinjiKempo Federation Foundation

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

Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)