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    3. 堂

    堂

    堂どう

    temple

    KMT8News #18+1Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    どう

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    temple, shrine, chapel
    2.
    hall

    Suffix

    3.
    company

    Noun, Suffix, Prefix

    4.
    front room
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    そのお寺てらには古ふるい堂どうがある。

    There is an old hall in that temple.

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが本ほん堂どうで祈いのりを捧ささげる。

    Many people offer prayers in the main hall.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    仏ぶつ像ぞうが安あん置ちされている金こん堂どうは、多おおくの参さん拝ぱい者しゃで賑にぎわっていた。

    The main hall, where the Buddhist statue is enshrined, was bustling with many worshippers.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    その堂どうは、伝でん統とう的てきな日ニ本ホンの建けん築ちく美びを今いまに伝つたえている。

    That hall conveys traditional Japanese architectural beauty to this day.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    奈な良らの東とう大だい寺じ大だい仏ぶつ殿でんは、世せ界かい最さい大だいの木モク造ゾウ建ケン築チク物ブツの一ヒトつである。

    The Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple in Nara is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    堂
    public chamber・hall
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