寺院 (じいん) — Buddhist temple
寺院 is read じいん and listed as a noun. Meaning: Buddhist temple.
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Related words
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- 山寺 やまでら mountain temple
- 禅寺 ぜんでら Zen temple
- 寺 てら temple (Buddhist)
- 国分寺 こくぶんじ state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
- 二院 にいん the two houses of legislature
- 学院 がくいん institute
- 院長 いんちょう director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.)
- 医院 いいん doctor's office
- 下院 かいん lower house
- 議院 ぎいん parliament
- 参院 さんいん House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 両院 りょういん both houses of parliament