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寺院 (じいん): temple — Japanese vocabulary

寺院 is read じいん and means "temple". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

寺院

Reading
じいん · jiin
Translation
temple
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
じいんが

Example

京都は古い寺院で有名である。

きょうとはふるいじいんでゆうめいである。

Kyoto is famous for its old temples.

Kanji in this word

  • 寺 — temple
  • 院 — institution

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