Word Meaning キリシタン寺

きりしたんでら kirishitandera

キリシタン寺 is read as きりしたんでら (kirishitandera) and means Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

きりしたんでら

Romaji

kirishitandera

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 121613 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)

古寺

こじ

old temple

山寺

やまでら

mountain temple

国分寺

こくぶんじ

state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

末寺

まつじ

branch temple

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)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

大寺

だいじ

large temple

本寺

ほんじ

head temple

南都七大寺

なんとしちだいじ

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

入寺

にゅうじ

joining a temple as a priest or head priest