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境内 (けいだい, keidai) Japanese meaning: grounds | Kotomora
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The shrine grounds were very quiet.
Please purify your hands before entering the precincts.
Usage patterns 境けい 内だい に 入はい る to enter the shrine/temple grounds
I passed through the torii gate and entered the shrine grounds.
境けい 内だい を 歩ある く to walk around the shrine/temple grounds
I strolled slowly through the quiet temple grounds.
境けい 内だい で 〈 事こと 〉 が 行おこな われる for an event to be held on the shrine/temple grounds
A festival is held on the shrine grounds every autumn.
境けい 内だい に 〈 物もの 〉 がある for something to be located within the shrine/temple grounds
There is a large gingko tree on the temple grounds.
Kanji 境 boundary, border, region Related words 敷地 is a general word for the plot of land a building sits on, while 境内 refers specifically to the grounds of a shrine or temple.
神域 emphasizes the sacred, spiritually set-apart nature of a shrine's land, while 境内 is the more neutral, everyday term for the same physical grounds.
境内 is the everyday word for shrine or temple grounds, while 宮地 is a more specialized term used mainly in historical, legal, or administrative contexts.
境内 specifically means the precincts of a shrine or temple, whereas 山内 more broadly covers mountainous areas and only sometimes refers to temple grounds.
Don't confuse with 寺社 refers to temples and shrines themselves as institutions or buildings, while 境内 refers to the enclosed land they occupy.
参道 is the path leading up to a shrine or temple, while 境内 is the shrine or temple grounds themselves that the path leads into.
境内 refers specifically to the grounds of a shrine or temple, while 構内 is the broader term for the premises of stations, schools, or factories, and the two kanji look easy to mix up.
境内 refers to the grounds of a shrine or temple, while 領内 refers to the area inside a political domain; both end in 内 but denote different kinds of enclosed space.
Written forms 境けい 内だい Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form.
けいだい Usage 1%
Etymology 境内 is composed of 境 (boundary, border) and 内 (inside), literally meaning 'inside the boundary'. It has been used since classical times to denote the sacred precincts of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
