寺 | [てら, tera] (suf, ctr) counter for temples #878 [Add to Longdo] |
境内 | [けいだい, keidai] (n) grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts; (P) #5,620 [Add to Longdo] |
国分寺 | [こくぶんじ, kokubunji] (n) (Nara Era) state-supported provincial temples; (P) #9,340 [Add to Longdo] |
寺社 | [じしゃ, jisha] (n) temples and shrines #11,573 [Add to Longdo] |
山門 | [さんもん, sanmon] (n) (1) (originally temples were in the mountains) (main) temple gate; (2) Buddhist temple #15,449 [Add to Longdo] |
西国 | [さいごく;さいこく, saigoku ; saikoku] (n) (1) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); (2) western nations (esp. India or Europe); (3) (See 西国三十三所) 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; (4) (See 西国巡礼) a pilgrimage of these temples #15,543 [Add to Longdo] |
鎌倉五山 | [かまくらござん, kamakuragozan] (n) (See 京都五山) the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji) [Add to Longdo] |
官寺 | [かんじ, kanji] (n) state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period [Add to Longdo] |
京都五山 | [きょうとござん, kyoutogozan] (n) Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji [Add to Longdo] |
懸仏 | [かけぼとけ, kakebotoke] (n) round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines [Add to Longdo] |