檀だん家か

noun

supporting family of a temple; parishioner family

Refers to a household that is formally affiliated with a Buddhist temple and provides financial support, often in exchange for memorial services. The term is specific to Japanese Buddhist parish systems.

• この寺てらには約やく二に百ひゃっ軒けんの檀だん家かがある。

  This temple has about two hundred supporting families.

• 檀だん家かの集あつまりでお寺てらの修しゅう繕ぜん費ひを話はなし合あった。

  At the parishioners' meeting, they discussed the repair costs for the temple.