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    3. 方丈

    方丈

    方ほう丈じょう

    square jō (approx. 10 sq feet)

    KMT10News #40+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab7 strokes

    ほうじょう

    Noun

    1.
    square jō (approx. 10 sq feet)
    2.
    abbot's chamber
    Buddhism
    3.
    chief priest

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    寺てらの方ほう丈じょうで茶ちゃをいただいた。

    I had tea in the abbot's chamber of the temple.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    禅ぜん寺でらの方ほう丈じょうは、静しずかで落 ち着 いた空くう間かんだ。

    The abbot's chamber of a Zen temple is a quiet and calm space.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    鴨かも長のちょう明めいの『方ほう丈じょう記き』は、わずか方ほう丈じょうの庵いおりで暮くらす隠いん者じゃの生せい活かつを描えがいている。

    Kamo no Chōmei's "Hōjōki" depicts the life of a hermit living in a mere ten-foot-square hut.

    KMT10LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほん庭てい園えんには、方ほう丈じょうの庭にわと呼よばれる様よう式しきもある。

    In Japanese gardens, there is also a style called Hōjō garden.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    方ほう丈じょうは、寺じ院いんの住じゅう職しょくが住すむ場ば所しょであり、修しゅ行ぎょうの場ばでもある。

    The abbot's chamber is where the chief priest of a temple lives, and it is also a place of ascetic training.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    丈
    たけ・だけ…(3)
    length・ten shaku・measure・Mr.・Ms.…(6)
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