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    3. 境内

    境内

    境けい内だい

    grounds (esp. of shrines and temples)

    KMT6News #13+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    けいだい

    Noun

    1.
    grounds (esp. of shrines and temples), compound, churchyard, precincts

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    神じん社じゃの境けい内だいを散おさ歩んぽした。

    I walked around the shrine grounds.

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    桜さくらの季き節せつには、寺てらの境けい内だいが花はな見み客きゃくで賑にぎわう。

    During cherry blossom season, the temple grounds are bustling with cherry blossom viewers.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    参さん拝ぱい者しゃは、境けい内だいの手ちょ水うず舎やで手てを清きよめてから本ほん殿でんへ向むかう。

    Worshippers purify their hands at the chozuya (water basin) on the grounds before heading to the main hall.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    境けい内だいの奥おくには、ひっそりと佇たたずむ小ちいさな祠ほこらがあった。

    Deep within the grounds, there was a small, quietly standing shrine.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment
    境けい内だいに立たつ樹じゅ齢れい数すう百ひゃく年ねんのご神しん木ぼくは、地ち域いきの人ひと々びとに崇あがめられている。

    The sacred tree, hundreds of years old, standing on the shrine grounds, is revered by the local people.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyNature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    境
    さかい…(4)
    boundary・border・region
    内
    うち…(6)
    inside・within・between・among・house…(1)
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