Word Meaning 寺内

じない jinai

寺内 is read as じない (jinai) and means inside a temple.

Meaning

English

  1. inside a temple

Reading

Kana

じない

Romaji

jinai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 62061 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寺内町

じないまち

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

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

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

寺中

じちゅう

sub-temple

寺入り

てらいり

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

寺子

てらこ

child who attended a temple school

寺務所

じむしょ

office of a temple

寺男

てらおとこ

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

寺務

じむ

temple affairs

寺領

じりょう

temple's territory