How to say "convent" in Japanese

• 修道院しゅうどういんCommon
  nounThe common, general word for a religious house whose members live under vows; it covers monastery, convent, cloister and abbey alike, making it the safest choice for 'convent'.
  当時とうじは修道しゅうどう僧そう達たちが修道院しゅうどういんでよくテニスをしていた。↗

  Monks used to play tennis in monasteries.
• 精舎しょうじゃ
  nounA less common word whose core sense is a Buddhist temple or monastery; despite its 'convent' gloss, it is seldom the word you want for that sense.
• 尼寺あまでら
  nounA less common word for a nunnery, a religious house of nuns; it is close in meaning to 尼僧院, and for 'convent' in general 修道院 is the usual word.
• 尼僧院にそういん
  nounA less common word for a nunnery, making explicit that the residents are nuns; it much overlaps with 尼寺, while 修道院 is the common general word for a convent.

修道院 is the common general word for a convent, including a nunnery; 精舎 is chiefly a temple or monastery term, marginal for 'convent', while 尼寺 and 尼僧院 are close synonyms both specifying a house of nuns.

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• 修道院しゅうどういんmonastery
• 精舎しょうじゃtemple
• 尼寺あまでらnunnery
• 尼僧院にそういんnunnery