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修道院 (shuudouin) Japanese meaning: monastery | Kotomora
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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.
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)
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
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)
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 Don't confuse with 寺院 is a Buddhist temple, whereas 修道院 is specifically a Christian monastery or convent.
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.
修道院 refers to a Christian monastery or convent, while 僧院 refers specifically to a Buddhist monastic institution.
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.
