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修道院 (しゅうどういん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

修しゅう道どう院いん

しゅ

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ど

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い

ん

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Meanings

1

monastery; convent; abbey; cloister

General term for a Christian religious community where monks or nuns live, work, and worship. Covers both male (monastery) and female (convent) institutions, as well as the physical building or grounds.

その修しゅう道どう

院いん

は

山やま

の

中なか

に

静しず

か

に

建た

っ

て

いる

。

The monastery stands quietly in the mountains.

彼かの女じょは若わかい頃ころ、修しゅう道どう院いんで教きょう育いくを受うけた。

She was educated at a convent when she was young.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が修しゅう道どう院いんに入はいるfor someone to enter a monastery/convent (become a monk or nun)
彼かの女じょは二十歳はたちのときに修しゅう道どう院いんに入はいった。
She entered a convent when she was twenty.
修しゅう道どう院いんで暮くらすto live in a monastery/convent
彼かれは長なが年ねん、山やま奥おくの修しゅう道どう院いんで暮くらしている。
He has lived in a monastery deep in the mountains for many years.
修しゅう道どう院いんを出でるto leave a monastery/convent (leave monastic life)
彼かの女じょは結けっ婚こんするために修しゅう道どう院いんを出でた。
She left the convent in order to get married.

Kanji

修discipline, conduct oneself well, study
道road-way, street, district
院Inst., institution, temple

Related words

尼あま寺でら
尼寺 refers specifically to a convent for nuns, while 修道院 is the broader term covering both monasteries for monks and convents for nuns.

Don't confuse with

寺じ院いんN2
寺院 is a Buddhist temple, whereas 修道院 is specifically a Christian monastery or convent.
教きょう会かいN4
教会 is a church used for general Christian worship, while 修道院 is a residential community where monks or nuns actually live and work.
僧そう院いん
修道院 refers to a Christian monastery or convent, while 僧院 refers specifically to a Buddhist monastic institution.

Word family

大だい修しゅう道どう院いん
abbey; large monastery

Built from

修しゅう道どう+院いん

Etymology

Compound of 修道 (shūdō, 'religious training' or 'ascetic practice') and 院 (in, 'institution' or 'hall'). The term was adopted to translate Western Christian monastic concepts.