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    3. 僧堂

    僧堂

    僧そう堂どう

    temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

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    そうどう

    Noun

    1.
    temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

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    僧そう堂どうで修しゅ行ぎょうする。

    To train in the meditation hall.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    禅ぜん寺でらの僧そう堂どうは、修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうが座ざ禅ぜんを行おこなう場ば所しょだ。

    The sodo (meditation hall) of a Zen temple is a place where trainee monks practice zazen.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    厳きびしい規き律りつのもと、僧そう堂どうでの共きょう同どう生せい活かつは精せい神しんを鍛きたえる。

    Under strict discipline, communal life in the sodo trains the spirit.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは若わかくして僧そう堂どうに入はいり、仏ぶつ道どうを究きわめることに専せん念ねんした。

    He entered the sodo at a young age and dedicated himself to mastering the Buddhist path.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    この僧そう堂どうは、鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいに建つくてられた歴れき史しある建けん造ぞう物ぶつだ。

    This sodo is a historic building constructed during the Kamakura period.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    僧
    Buddhist priest・monk
    堂
    public chamber・hall
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