Word Meaning 尼寺

あまでら amadera

尼寺 is read as あまでら (amadera) and means nunnery.

Meaning

English

  1. nunnery
  2. convent

Reading

Kana

あまでら

Romaji

amadera

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135261 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

あま

Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture)

尼僧

にそう

Buddhist nun

尼崎信用金庫

あまがさきしんようきんこ

Amagasaki Shinkin Bank

尼崎歯科専門学校

あまがさきしかせんもんがっこう

Amagasaki Dental College

尼法師

あまほうし

nun

尼御台所

あまみだいどころ

minister or general's wife who became a nun

尼っ子

あまっこ

bitch

禅寺

ぜんでら

Zen temple

氏寺

うじでら

shrine built to a guardian deity

金閣寺

きんかくじ

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima)

宮寺

ぐうじ

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

神宮寺

じんぐうじ

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

Example Sentences

2

かのじょはあまでらでしゅぎょうをつんだ。

She underwent training at a nunnery.

やまおくのちいさなあまでらをたずねた。

I visited a small nunnery deep in the mountains.