Word Meaning 寺から里へ

てらからさとへ terakarasato he

寺から里へ is read as てらからさとへ (terakarasato he) and means putting the cart before the horse.

Meaning

English

putting the cart before the horse

Reading

Kana

てらからさとへ

Romaji

terakarasato he

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 109857 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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寺請制度

てらうけせいど

terauke system

寺請

てらうけ

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

寺社仏閣

じしゃぶっかく

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

寺銭

てらせん

fee charged by a gambling house

寺檀制度

じだんせいど

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)

寺子屋

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

寺社

じしゃ

temples and shrines

寺内町

じないまち

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

寺中

じちゅう

sub-temple

寺内

じない

inside a temple