寺 – vocab dash

寺てら

Top 2000

Meanings

Noun

1. temple (Buddhist)

Other spellings

てら

Kanji used

寺Buddhist temple

Pitch accent

てら

Used in vocabulary

寺てら子こ屋や

temple elementary school (Edo period)

Noun

寺てら参まいり

ritual visits to a temple

Noun

駆かけ込こみ寺でら

(women's) refuge

Noun

縁えん切きり寺でら

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

Noun

檀だん那な寺でら

one's family temple

Noun

寺てら預あずけ

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

Noun

寺てら入いり

going to a temple to repent

Noun

寺てら請うけ

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

Noun

荒あれ寺でら

dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple

Noun

寺てら納なっ豆とう

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

Noun

Examples27

これが彼かれの泊とまっているお寺てらです。

This is the temple where he stays.

その寺てらにも行おこなったよ。

We also went to the temple.

この寺てらは桜さくらの花はなで有ゆう名めいである。

This temple is famous for its cherry blossoms.

京きょう都とは古ふるいお寺てらがあるので有ゆう名めいだ。

Kyoto is famous for its old temples.

京きょう都とには古ふるいお寺てらがたくさんある。

There are many old temples in Kyoto.

京きょう都との魅み力りょくは古ふるい寺てらの美うつくしさにある。

The charm of Kyoto consists of the beauty of its old temples.