Word Meaning 神宮寺

じんぐうじ jinguuji

神宮寺 is read as じんぐうじ (jinguuji) and means Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine.

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
  2. temple attached to a shrine

Reading

Kana

じんぐうじ

Romaji

jinguuji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 72659 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

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神宮

じんぐう

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family

神宮球場

じんぐうきゅうじょう

Jingu Stadium

神宮教

じんぐうきょう

Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)

神宮奉斎会

じんぐうほうさいかい

Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)

神宮外苑

じんぐうがいえん

outer gardens of Meiji Shrine

神宮暦

じんぐうれき

calendar distributed by the Ise shrine

宮寺

みやでら

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

明治神宮

めいじじんぐう

Meiji Shrine

豊受大神宮

とゆけだいじんぐう

Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine)

太神宮

だいじんぐう

Grand Shrine at Ise

皇大神宮

こうたいじんぐう

Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)

伊勢大神宮

いせだいじんぐう

the Grand Shrines of Ise