Temple
Monastery
noun
An monk’s institution is going to be a monastery or temple. What a nice place to live, I'm sure!
This word refers to Buddhist monasteries, and it's often used for ones outside of Japan.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
ナーランダ僧院は仏教のメッカでした。
Nalanda Monastery was the Mecca of Buddhism.
一人で山上のタクツァン僧院まで登りました。
I climbed up to the Taktsang Monastery on the mountain by myself.
初めまして。今日からこの僧院で働くコウイチです。よろしくお願いします。
Nice to meet you, I'm Koichi. I am starting to work at this temple from today. Please take care of me.