Keyword
Buddhist temple
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig170
Readings
じ
(60%)
てら
(35%)
でら
(3%)
Composed of
earth
a few centimeters
Mnemonic

Buddhist monks don't need much. But what is a Buddhist monk without a Buddhist temple? And they're a patient bunch. Even if they'll only manage to shuffle a little bit of earth each day, even if it means piling up only an extra few centimeters of material for the foundations of their new Buddhist temple — they WILL build it.

Used in kanji (10 in total)
time
have
wait
special
Used in vocabulary (112 in total)
counter for temples
temple (Buddhist)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
temple; monk
large temple
temples and shrines
inside a temple
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
mountain temple
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
temple elementary school (Edo period)
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
nunnery; convent
shrines and temples
old temple
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
in a temple; inside temple grounds; sub-temple
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
this temple
temple's territory; temple's estate
temple elementary school (Edo period)
Buddhist temple
branch temple
ritual visits to a temple
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
head temple; this temple
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
temple grounds
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
various temples
imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
temple; monk
temple affairs; (arch.) temple administrator; (arch.) person in charge of temple affairs
one's family temple
enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); going to a temple to repent
temple's name
office of a temple
Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
one's family temple
shrine built to a guardian deity
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
Gumyōji Station (Yokohama Municipal Subway)
certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)
status of a Buddhist temple
child who attended a temple school (Edo period); temple elementary school (Edo period)
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
old shrines and temples
terauke system; system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith
entering a temple; visiting a temple; joining a temple as a priest or head priest
Buddhist temple
system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
private temple (ritsuryō period); non-state-sponsored temple
temple built at the order of the emperor
putting the cart before the horse
the large number of temples in Kyoto; (lit.) 808 temples
sub-temple; affiliated temple
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate
mosque (in China)
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)
Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)
Nenbutsu temple
Myōhōji Station (Hyōgo)
Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)
Examples (61 in total)
I have no business at the temple.
The moment I entered the temple grounds, I could tell the air was different.
Beyond the wall surrounding the temple, a tower is visible.