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縁切り寺

えんきりでら
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
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寺参り

てらまいり
ritual visits to a temple
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駆け込み寺

駆込み寺
かけこみでら
(women's) refuge
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回教寺院

かいきょうじいん
mosque
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官寺

かんじ
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
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八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら
the large number of temples in Kyoto
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古社寺

こしゃじ
old shrines and temples
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仏寺

ぶつじ
Buddhist temple
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本能寺の変

ほんのうじのへん
Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)
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少林寺流

しょうりんじりゅう
Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate