本願寺派

ほんがんじは

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

本能寺の変

ほんのうじのへん

Honnoji Incident, forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)

寺

てら じ

counter for temples

敵は本能寺にあり

てきはほんのうじにあり

one's true purpose lies elsewhere, one's enemy is in Honnoji

キリシタン寺

キリシタンでら

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

寺刹

じさつ

Buddhist temple

諸寺

しょじ

various temples

当寺

とうじ

this temple

寺中

じちゅう

in a temple, inside temple grounds

寺男

てらおとこ

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

寺務

じむ

temple affairs

宮寺

ぐうじ みやでら みやてら

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

古寺

こじ ふるでら

old temple

脇寺

わきでら

sub-temple, affiliated temple

寺請

てらうけ

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

山寺

やまでら

mountain temple

寺院

じいん

temple

尼寺

あまでら

nunnery, convent

お寺

おてら

temple