寺じ院いん

noun

Buddhist temple

The most common use: a Buddhist temple, especially in formal, written, historical, or architectural contexts.

• 京きょう都とには古ふるい寺じ院いんが多おおい。

  There are many old Buddhist temples in Kyoto.

• その寺じ院いんは国こく宝ほうに指し定ていされている。

  That temple has been designated a national treasure.

noun

religious building; place of worship; church or mosque

Broader use for religious buildings in general, often in compounds or comparative discussion. For a specific Christian church or Islamic mosque, 教会 or モスク is usually more direct.

• この地ち域いきには、ヒンドゥー教きょう寺じ院いんやイスラム寺じ院いんが多おおい。

  This region has many Hindu temples and Islamic places of worship.

• 研けん究きゅう者しゃたちは世せ界かい各かく地ちの寺じ院いん建けん築ちくを比ひ較かくした。

  The researchers compared religious architecture from around the world.