Meaning
Buddhist temple
On'yomi
ジ
Kun'yomi
てら
Common compounds (10)
- 寺院 じいんBuddhist temple
- 寺子屋 てらこやtemple elementary school (during the Edo period)
- 国分寺 こくぶんじstate-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
- 禅寺 ぜんでらZen temple
- 山寺 やまでらmountain temple
- 寺社 じしゃtemples and shrines
- 末寺 まつじbranch temple
- 社寺 しゃじshrines and temples
- 古寺 こじold temple
- 菩提寺 ぼだいじone's family temple; temple with one's family grave