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temple (Buddhist)

Buddhist temple

state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

Zen temple

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

temples and shrines

mountain temple

branch temple

shrines and temples

in a temple

head temple

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

large temple

inside a temple

large temple

child who attended a temple school

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

the large number of temples in Kyoto

entering a temple

to enrol in a temple school

shrine built to a guardian deity

Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)

state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

private temple (ritsuryō period)

this temple

temple affairs

old shrines and temples

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

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple

ritual visits to a temple

temple's territory

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

status of a Buddhist temple

office of a temple

mosque

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)

temple's name

temple grounds

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto)

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

monk

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

temple

imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama

Nenbutsu temple

Shorin-ryu

terauke system

Buddhist temple

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest

Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

old temple

monk

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

Shitennoji University

mosque (in China)

ruined temple

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

various temples

his true objective lies elsewhere

Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest

Ryotokuji University

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

putting the cart before the horse

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

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

coarse rice powder

dilapidated temple

(women's) refuge

Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else

Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

All Japan Shaolin Temple Qigong Association

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

ShorinjiKempo Federation Foundation

nunnery

Shitennōji International Buddhist University

Buddhist priest

World Shorinji Kempo Organization

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

Buddhist temple

sub-temple

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

temple built at the order of the emperor

one's family temple

Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)

one's family temple