Word Meaning 禅寺

ぜんでら zendera

禅寺 is read as ぜんでら (zendera) and means Zen temple.

Meaning

English

Zen temple

Reading

Kana

ぜんでら

Romaji

zendera

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 17527 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

禅

ぜん

Zen (Buddhism)

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue

禅宗

ぜんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

禅僧

ぜんそう

Zen priest

禅譲

ぜんじょう

abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir)

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

みやでら

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

神宮寺

じんぐうじ

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)

古寺

こじ

old temple

山寺

やまでら

mountain temple