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寺院
じいん
N2
noun
Meanings
1
temple
2
Buddhist temple
3
religious building
4
church
5
cathedral
Example sentence
ヒンズー教徒は寺院で礼拝をします。
The Hindus worship in temples.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 寺院 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
寺
Buddhist Temple
6 strokes
院
Institution, Inst., Temple
10 strokes
More words with
寺
～寺
～じ ·
the name of temple
N2
寺
てら ·
Buddhist temple
N4
国分寺
こくぶんじ ·
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
禅寺
ぜんでら ·
Zen temple
More words with
院
参院
さんいん ·
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
Full entry on Jisho
病院
びょういん ·
hospital
N5
衆院
しゅういん ·
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
入院
にゅういんする ·
hospitalization
N4
大学院
だいがくいん ·
graduate school
N2
入院
にゅういん ·
hospitalization
上院
じょういん ·
upper house
参議院
さんぎいん ·
House of Councilors
N1
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