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教会 (きょうかい, kyoukai) Japanese meaning: church | Kotomora
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I go to church on Sundays.
This church is also used for community gatherings.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 教きょう 会かい に 行い く to go to a church (for a service, etc.)
I go to church every Sunday.
教きょう 会かい で 結けっ 婚こん 式しき を 挙あ げる to hold a wedding ceremony at a church
The couple held their wedding ceremony at a small church.
教きょう 会かい の 鐘かね が 鳴な る for a church bell to ring
The church bell rang in the morning.
Related words 教会 is the general word for a church as a building or institution, while チャペル refers to a smaller chapel, often part of a larger building or used for weddings.
教会 is the everyday word for a church (building or institution), while 会堂 is a more formal, literary term for a hall used for worship.
教会 is the everyday word for a Christian church as an institution or building, while 聖堂 stresses the building itself as a sacred, often grand, hall.
教会 is the standard, neutral Japanese word for a church, while チャーチ is a katakana loanword used mainly in names, translations, or stylized English-flavored contexts.
モスク is specifically a Muslim place of worship, while 教会 refers to a Christian church.
Don't confuse with· 5 教会 is a Christian church, while 寺 is a Buddhist temple, so they name different religious buildings despite both being places of worship.
教会 is a Christian church, whereas 神社 is a Shinto shrine, so learners should not use them interchangeably.
教会 specifically means a church or place of Christian worship, while 教団 refers to the organizational body of any religion, not a physical building.
Show 2 more Etymology Compound of 教 (teaching, religion) and 会 (meeting, gathering). The term was adopted to refer to Christian churches, reflecting the idea of a gathering for religious teaching.
寺じ 院いん
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教会 is the standard word for a Christian church, while 寺院 mainly means a Buddhist temple and is only loosely extended to churches in broader comparisons.
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.
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church calendar; liturgical calendar
canon law
mother church; main church · church where one was baptized
non-denominational; churchless
the early church; the primitive church
