寺院|じいんjiin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounBuddhist temple
   この寺院じいんは７８０年ねんに建たてられた。↗

   This temple dates back to 780.
2. nounreligious building; church; cathedral; mosque

• Synonym寺てらNeutralThe everyday, neutral word for a Buddhist temple, as in 「お寺参り」; 「寺院」 is more formal and also covers churches, mosques and other religious buildings.
• Synonym僧院そういんNeutralA temple where monks live, or a monastery; it tends to be used of Western monasteries.
• Synonym仏寺ぶつじWrittenA written/formal word for a Buddhist temple; rare in daily use, where 「寺」 or 「お寺」 is the norm.
• Related御坊ごぼうFormalA formal honorific for a temple or a monk, used mainly in the Jōdo Shinshū tradition; rare in everyday speech.
• Relatedお寺おてらNeutralA polite way to say 「寺」, common in speech; it can also mean the temple's priest, as in 「お寺さん」.
• Related梵刹ぼんさつWrittenA written/formal term for a Buddhist temple, especially a large, prestigious one; rarely used.
• Related精舎しょうじゃWrittenA written/formal word for a Buddhist temple or training hall, as in 「祇園精舎」; found mostly in classical texts.
• Related御堂みどうFormalA formal honorific for a hall enshrining a buddha image, or for a Catholic church; often appears in temple names.
• Related檀林だんりんWrittenA written, historical term for an Edo-period temple where monks were trained; also names a school of haikai poetry.

Everyday talk about a Buddhist temple uses 「寺」 or 「お寺」. 「寺院」 is the formal choice and also covers religious buildings generally, as in 「イスラム寺院」. For monasteries, 「僧院」 is the word.

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1. 仏教ぶっきょうなどの祭祀さいしを行おこなう建物たてもの。