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寺

寺 — Buddhist temple

On
ジ
Kun
てら
Strokes
6
JLPT
N2
School grade
2

Common words with 寺

  • 寺てらtemple (Buddhist)Common

    これが彼の泊っているお寺です。
    This is the temple where he stays.

  • 寺院じいんBuddhist templeCommon

    この寺院は780年に建てられた。
    This temple dates back to 780.

  • 国分寺こくぶんじstate-supported provincial temple (Nara period)Common
  • 禅寺ぜんでらZen templeCommon
  • 山寺やまでらmountain templeCommon
  • 寺子屋てらこやtemple elementary school (Edo period)Occasional
  • 寺社じしゃtemples and shrinesOccasional
  • 末寺まつじbranch templeOccasional
  • 社寺しゃじshrines and templesOccasional
  • 菩提寺ぼだいじone's family temple; temple with one's family graveOccasional
  • お寺おてらtempleOccasional
  • 神宮寺じんぐうじBuddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrineOccasional
  • 寺じcounter for templesRare
  • 私寺しじprivate temple (ritsuryō period); non-state-sponsored templeRare
  • 氏寺うじでらshrine built to a guardian deityRare
  • 官寺かんじstate-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogun…Rare
  • 当寺とうじthis templeRare
  • 入寺にゅうじentering a temple; visiting a templeRare
  • 寺から里へてらからさとへputting the cart before the horseRare
  • 八百八寺はっぴゃくやでらthe large number of temples in Kyoto; 808 templesRare

With the N5–N2 kanji, you can read 53 words that use 寺.

  • 寺 てら temple (Buddhist)
  • 寺院 じいん Buddhist temple
  • 山寺 やまでら mountain temple
  • 寺子屋 てらこや temple elementary school (Edo period)
  • 寺社 じしゃ temples and shrines

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