寺
Buddhist temple
Readings
On'yomi
- ジ
Kun'yomi
- てら
Meaning
寺 centers on a Buddhist temple, a place of worship and religious practice.
Most common words using 寺
20 of 92- 寺てらN5
temple (Buddhist)
- 寺院じいんN2
Buddhist temple
- お寺おてら
temple
- 国分寺こくぶんじ
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
- 神宮寺じんぐうじ
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
- 山寺やまでら
mountain temple
- 寺社じしゃ
temples and shrines
- 寺内じない
inside a temple
- 金閣寺きんかくじ
Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto); Golden Pavilion
- 宮寺ぐうじ
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
- 寺子屋てらこや
temple elementary school (Edo period)
- 菩提寺ぼだいじ
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
- 社寺しゃじ
shrines and temples
- 少林寺拳法しょうりんじけんぽう
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
- 古寺こじ
old temple
- 廃寺はいじ
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins
- 尼寺あまでら
nunnery; convent
- 末寺まつじ
branch temple
- 大寺だいじ
large temple
- 寺領じりょう
temple's territory; temple's estate
Study
Etymology
寺 originally depicted a hand holding something, later associated with a government office or court. In Japanese, it came to specifically mean a Buddhist temple.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 土 (earth) and bottom 寸 (measurement) together suggest a measured plot of land: a temple grounds.
Reading mnemonic
For ジ, imagine a temple bell ringing with a deep 'ji' sound: ji -> ジ, echoing through the temple.