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    3. 本堂

    本堂

    本ほん堂どう

    main hall (of a Buddhist temple)

    KMT8News #23+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ほんどう

    Noun

    1.
    main hall (of a Buddhist temple), main temple

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    お寺てらの本ほん堂どうでお参まいりした。

    I prayed at the main hall of the temple.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    その寺てらの本ほん堂どうは、国こく宝ほうに指し定ていされている。

    The main hall of that temple is designated as a national treasure.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    毎まい年とし、大おお晦み日そかには多おおくの人ひと々びとが本ほん堂どうに集あつまり、除じょ夜やの鐘かねを聞きく。

    Every New Year's Eve, many people gather at the main hall to listen to the New Year's Eve bell.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    本ほん堂どうの中なかには、歴れき史しある仏ぶつ像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

    Inside the main hall, historical Buddhist statues are enshrined.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyArt & Design
    本ほん堂どうの屋や根ねは、何なん世せい紀きも前まえの職しょく人にんによって建たてられたものだ。

    The roof of the main hall was built by craftsmen centuries ago.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    堂
    public chamber・hall
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