Keyword
Buddhist temple
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig170
Readings
(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 (97 in total)
counter for temples
temple (Buddhist)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
temple; monk
temples and shrines
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
mountain temple
inside a temple
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
nunnery; convent
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
old temple
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
shrines and temples
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
this temple
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
temple's territory; temple's estate
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
branch temple
ritual visits to a temple
Buddhist temple
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
temple; monk
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
head temple; this temple
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
temple grounds
various temples
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
one's family temple
to enrol 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); to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)
temple's name
Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
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
temple affairs; (arch.) temple administrator; (arch.) person in charge of temple affairs
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
shrine built to a guardian deity
certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
old shrines and temples
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
status of a Buddhist temple
child who attended a temple school
system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
Buddhist temple
private temple (Ritsuryo period); non-state-sponsored temple
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
entering a temple; visiting a temple; joining a temple as a priest or head priest
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
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
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
temple built at the order of the emperor
sub-temple; affiliated temple
the large number of temples in Kyoto
Gumyōji Station (Yokohama Municipal Subway)
putting the cart before the horse
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody 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
Myōhōji Station (Hyōgo)
Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)
Examples (49 in total)
I lived in Kouenji.
That is the temple which they live in.
This temple is famous for its cherry blossoms.