Word Meaning 寺男

てらおとこ teraotoko

寺男 is read as てらおとこ (teraotoko) and means male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

てらおとこ

Romaji

teraotoko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 79066 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

寺務

じむ

temple affairs

寺領

じりょう

temple's territory