Word Meaning 寺預け

てらあずけ teraazuke

寺預け is read as てらあずけ (teraazuke) and means incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

てらあずけ

Romaji

teraazuke

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 129005 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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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

寺男

てらおとこ

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

寺務

じむ

temple affairs