noun:

• temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

noun:

• temple's head priest

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• early-morning visit to a temple or shrine

noun:

• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

noun:

• three monastic positions with management roles at a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money - obscure term ➜ 辻講釈

noun:

• New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

noun:

• head of a temple

noun:

• large triple gate to temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• priests' temple quarters

noun:

• inscription on a temple bell

noun:

• temple (Buddhist) ➜ 寺【てら】

noun:

• first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) ➜ 閉炉

noun:

• temple (building) ➜ 寺院【じいん】
• temple (side of head) ➜ 顳顬【こめかみ】

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

noun:

• ancient temple

noun / ~する noun:

• chief priest of temple

noun:

• temple (of the forehead)

noun / ~する noun:

• visiting a temple for another

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• Buddhist temple

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】