Word Meaning お寺さん

おてらさん oterasan

お寺さん is read as おてらさん (oterasan) and means monk.

Meaning

English

  1. monk

Reading

Kana

おてらさん

Romaji

oterasan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 121426 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お寺様

おてらさま

monk

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

てら

temple (Buddhist)

古寺

ふるでら

old temple

山寺

やまでら

mountain temple

国分寺

こくぶんじ

state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

寺子屋

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

末寺

まつじ

branch temple

寺社

じしゃ

temples and shrines

社寺

しゃじ

shrines and temples

七大寺

しちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

回教寺院

かいきょうじいん

mosque

Example Sentences

4

I went to temple this morning.

Let's visit some temples tomorrow.

We also went to the temple.

It is worth visiting the temple.