Meanings

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

monk

Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

terauke system

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

child who attended a temple school (Edo period)

Shorin-ryu

temple's territory

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)

temple affairs

office of a temple

private temple (ritsuryō period)

monk

coarse rice powder