浄じょう財ざい

noun

monetary offering; donation

Used for money given to temples, shrines, or charitable causes. Carries a slightly formal, respectful tone.

• お寺てらに浄じょう財ざいを納おさめる。

  I make a monetary offering to the temple.

• 被ひ災さい地ちへの浄じょう財ざいが集あつまっている。

  Donations for the disaster-stricken area are being collected.