Word Meaning 寺子

てらこ terako

寺子 is read as てらこ (terako) and means child who attended a temple school.

Meaning

English

child who attended a temple school

Reading

Kana

てらこ

Romaji

terako

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 64603 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寺子屋

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

万願寺唐辛子

まんがんじとうがらし

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)

寺社

じしゃ

temples and shrines

寺内町

じないちょう

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

Example Sentences

今でも寺子屋の芝居をみると、何だか昔がなつかしいように思われます。

Even now when I see a terakoya play, I feel somewhat nostalgic.