N2320/1725

寺じ院いん

nounnoun (generic)

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じいん

Meanings

Buddhist temple
religious building, church, cathedral, mosque

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Example sentences

この寺院じいんは千年せんねん以上いじょうの歴史れきしを持もつ。

This temple has a history of over a thousand years.

市内しないには有名ゆうめいな寺院じいんがいくつかある。

There are several famous temples in the city.

その寺院じいんは観光客かんこうきゃくに広ひろく知しられている。

That temple is widely known among tourists.

彼女かのじょは毎朝まいあさ、近ちかくの寺院じいんでお祈いのりをする習慣しゅうかんがある。

She has a habit of praying at a nearby temple every morning.

古代こだいに建たてられたその寺院じいんは、今いまもなお地域ちいきの人々ひとびとの信仰しんこうの中心ちゅうしんとなっている。

The temple built in ancient times still serves as the center of faith for the local people.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)