| 寺入り | [てらいり, terairi] (n) (1) (See 寺子屋) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; (2) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); (3) to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |