Word Meaning 寺子屋

てらこや terakoya

寺子屋 is read as てらこや (terakoya) and means temple elementary school (during the Edo period).

Meaning

English

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

Reading

Kana

てらこや

Romaji

terakoya

Writing Variants

寺小屋 てらこや terakoya

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 18686 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寺子

てらこ

child who attended a temple school

菓子屋

かしや

confectionery shop

団子屋

だんごや

dumpling store

駄菓子屋

だがしや

small-time candy store

原子炉建屋

げんしろたてや

nuclear reactor building

子供部屋

こどもべや

child's room

屋久種子五葉

やくたねごよう

Amami pine (Pinus amamiana)

部屋子

へやご

female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period)

子供部屋おじさん

こどもべやおじさん

parasite single male

万願寺唐辛子

まんがんじとうがらし

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)