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15 寺 Temple

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Meaning

Primary

Temple

Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.

Reading

てら

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the kanji too! You must have been praying to the kanji Gods at the local お寺.

Context

Context Sentences

昨夜、あのお寺で変死体が発見されたらしいよ。

Apparently, the body of someone who died accidentally was found at the temple last night.

子どものころ、寺のとなりに住んでいたので、仏教の勉強には大変都合が良かったんです。

I lived next to a temple when I was a child and it was really convenient for studying Buddhism.

日本の地元のお寺で誕生日会を開いたんだけど、すぐに追い出されちゃった。お寺ってロック・コンサートをやる場所じゃないってこと、知っておけばよかったんだけど。

I held a birthday party at one of the local temples in Japan. We got kicked out pretty quickly. I should have known that a temple wasn’t a good place to have a rock concert.

Kanji Composition

  • 寺
    • てら
    • Temple
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