Word Meaning 寺内町

じないちょう jinaichou

寺内町 is read as じないちょう (jinaichou) and means town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

じないちょう

Romaji

jinaichou

Writing Variants

寺内町 じないまち jinaimachi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 54473 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寺内

じない

inside a temple

町内

ちょうない

neighborhood

町内会

ちょうないかい

neighborhood association

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)