寺てら入いり

noun

enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school

Historical term referring to the practice of sending children to study at a temple school (寺子屋) during the Edo period. Also used for the child themselves.

See also: 寺子屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、多おおくの子こどもが寺てら入いりして読よみ書かきを学まなんだ。

  During the Edo period, many children enrolled in temple schools to learn reading and writing.

noun

temple incarceration as punishment

Historical term for a form of punishment during the late Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods, where a criminal was confined in a temple.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、罪ざい人にんを寺てら入いりさせる刑けい罰ばつが行おこなわれた。

  During the Sengoku period, a punishment of confining criminals in temples was practiced.

noun

going to a temple to repent

General term for visiting a temple for the purpose of repentance or spiritual reflection. Less common than the historical senses.

• 彼かれは過あやまちを悔くいて寺てら入いりし、心こころを入いれ替かえた。

  He regretted his mistake, went to a temple to repent, and turned over a new leaf.