Word Meaning 伽藍

がらん garan

伽藍 is read as がらん (garan) and means temple building.

Meaning

English

temple building
temple (esp. large one)
monastery

Reading

Kana

がらん

Romaji

garan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 23311 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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伽藍鳥

がらんちょう

pelican

大伽藍

だいがらん

large temple edifice

七堂伽藍

しちどうがらん

complete seven-structured temple compound

堂塔伽藍

どうとうがらん

religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

僧伽藍摩

そうがらんま

Buddhist convent or monastery

藍

あい

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

人造藍

じんぞうあい

synthetic indigo

子持ち甘藍

こもちかんらん

Brussels sprouts

藍野大学

あいのだいがく

Aino University

藍方石

らんぽうせき

haüyne

青は藍より出でて藍より青し

あおはあいよりいでてあいよりあおし

the student has become the master

火吹藍子

ひふきあいご

blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish)

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 1 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

劇場版空の境界 the Garden of sinners 第四章『伽藍の洞』 Kara no Kyoukai Movie 4: Garan no Dou