寺

imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama

monk

various temples

Idiomatic expression

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

one's family temple

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Buddhism

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

Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest

Buddhism

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

coarse rice powder

mosque

shrine built to a guardian deity

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

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

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

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

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

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

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

temple built at the order of the emperor

sub-temple; affiliated temple