寺

Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)

Martial arts

Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)

Organization name

Shitennōji International Buddhist University

Organization name

World Shorinji Kempo Organization

Organization name

All Japan Shaolin Temple Qigong Association

Organization name

Ryotokuji University

Organization name

Shitennoji University

Historical term

temple elementary school (Edo period)

Historical term

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

Historical term

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

Historical term

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

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

Rare term

temple grounds

Rare term

Buddhist temple

temple affairs

Archaic

temple administrator; person in charge of temple affairs