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    3. 鐘楼

    鐘楼

    鐘しょう楼ろう

    belfry

    KMT10News #42+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    しょうろうしゅろう

    Noun

    1.
    belfry, bell tower

    Stroke 0 / 33

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    お寺てらに鐘しょう楼ろうがある。

    There is a bell tower at the temple.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    鐘しょう楼ろうの鐘かねの音ねが遠とおくまで響ひびき渡わたる。

    The sound of the bell from the bell tower echoes far and wide.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    その古こ刹さつの鐘しょう楼ろうは、歴れき史しの重じゅうみを感かんじさせる。

    The bell tower of that ancient temple makes one feel the weight of history.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory
    大おお晦み日そかには、多おおくの人ひとが鐘しょう楼ろうの除じょ夜やの鐘かねを聞ききに集あつまる。

    On New Year's Eve, many people gather to hear the New Year's Eve bell from the bell tower.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    鐘しょう楼ろうは仏ぶっ教きょう寺じ院いんの重じゅう要ような建けん築ちく物ぶつの一ひとつだ。

    The bell tower is one of the important architectural structures of Buddhist temples.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    鐘
    かね…(1)
    bell・gong・chimes
    楼
    たかどの…(1)
    watchtower・lookout・high building
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