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    3. 大本山

    大本山

    大だい本ほん山ざん

    head temple of a Buddhist sect

    KMT10News #39+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    だいほんざん

    Noun

    1.
    head temple of a Buddhist sect

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    このお寺てらは大おお本ほん山ざんです。

    This temple is a head temple.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    京きょう都とには多おおくの宗しゅう派はの大だい本ほん山ざんがあります。

    There are many head temples of various sects in Kyoto.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    彼かれは幼おさない頃ころから大だい本ほん山ざんで修しゅ行ぎょうを積つみ、やがて高こう僧そうとなった。

    He trained at the head temple from a young age and eventually became a high-ranking priest.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    毎まい年とし、全ぜん国こくから信しん者じゃが大だい本ほん山ざんに参さん拝ぱいに訪おとずれる。

    Every year, believers from all over the country visit the head temple to worship.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    その大だい本ほん山ざんは、日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょう史しにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたしてきた。

    That head temple has played an important role in the history of Japanese Buddhism.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
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