北ほく嶺れい

noun

Mount Hiei

Refers specifically to the mountain located northeast of Kyoto, historically significant as the site of Enryaku-ji temple.

See also: 南山

• 北ほく嶺れいは比ひ叡えい山ざんの別べっ称しょうです。

  Hokurei is another name for Mount Hiei.

noun

Enryaku-ji (Tendai monastery on Mount Hiei)

By extension, refers to the Enryaku-ji temple complex itself, often in historical or religious contexts.

See also: 南都

• 北ほく嶺れいは天てん台だい宗しゅうの総そう本ほん山ざんです。

  Hokurei is the head temple of the Tendai sect.