Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 禪寺 (“Buddhist temple”).
(This term is the simplified form of 禪寺).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: S
てら > でら
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
禪寺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From (ぜん) (zen) + (てら) (tera). The tera changes to dera as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜん)(でら) (zenderaぜんでら (zendera)?

  1. Zen temple

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN