寺てら

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

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noun

Buddhist temple

Refers specifically to a Buddhist place of worship, as opposed to a Shinto shrine (神社).

週しゅう末まつに古ふるい寺てらを訪たずねた。
I visited an old temple over the weekend.

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寺じ院いんN2

寺院 is the formal, written-style word for a Buddhist temple, while 寺 is the everyday spoken word for the same thing.

仏ぶっ閣かく

仏閣 is a literary, somewhat old-fashioned term for a grand Buddhist temple, whereas 寺 is the plain, common word.

宮みやN1

寺 is the standard modern word for a Buddhist temple, while 宮 was only used for a temple in archaic Japanese.

僧そう院いん

寺 is the everyday, general word for a Buddhist temple, while 僧院 stresses the monastic community living and training there.

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堂どう
寺 is the everyday, general word for a Buddhist temple, while 堂 usually names a specific hall or building within such a complex.
禅ぜん寺でら
寺 is the everyday, generic word for a Buddhist temple, whereas 禅寺 narrows the reference to a Zen-school temple.
山やま寺でら
寺 is the plain, everyday word for temple; 山寺 adds the detail that the temple is located up in the mountains.

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神じん社じゃN5

寺 is a Buddhist temple while 神社 is a Shinto shrine, and learners often confuse the two despite them belonging to different religions.

社やしろN1

社 (やしろ) refers to a Shinto shrine while 寺 (てら) refers to a Buddhist temple, a distinction learners often blur when both are glossed as 'temple' or 'shrine' in English.

教きょう会かいN4

教会 is a Christian church, while 寺 is a Buddhist temple, so they name different religious buildings despite both being places of worship.

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