Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
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)
temple's territory; temple's estate
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
ritual visits to a temple
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
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.)
Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
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
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
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
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
status of a Buddhist temple
child who attended a temple school
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
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
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
temple built at the order of the emperor
the large number of temples in Kyoto
putting the cart before the horse
Gumyōji Station (Yokohama Municipal Subway)
sub-temple; affiliated temple
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
Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest
Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)