本ほん坊ぼう

noun

head temple; main temple

Refers to the principal temple that oversees branch temples within a Buddhist sect.

• この寺てらは京きょう都との本ほん坊ぼうの末まつ寺じです。

  This temple is a branch temple of the head temple in Kyoto.

noun

head priest's quarters

The living quarters of the head priest within a temple complex.

• 本ほん坊ぼうには住じゅう職しょくの家か族ぞくが住すんでいる。

  The head priest's family lives in the head priest's quarters.