檀だん那な寺でら

noun

family temple; ancestral temple

A Buddhist temple with which a family has a long-standing patron relationship, often handling funerals, memorial services, and grave maintenance. Synonymous with 菩提寺 (ぼだいじ).

See also: 菩提寺

• お盆ぼんには檀だん那な寺でらにお参まいりに行いきます。

  During Obon, we visit our family temple.

• 彼かれの家いえの檀だん那な寺でらは京きょう都とにある古ふるいお寺てらだ。

  His family's ancestral temple is an old temple in Kyoto.