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寺入り
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 寺入り.
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Entry
1
Historical term
enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school
2
Historical term
incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
3
going to a temple to repent
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