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| Japanese |
Kanji |
English |
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| -Ji |
-寺 |
temple (used like a suffix); e.g. Kinkakuji = Kinkaku Temple
Note: Often put "Kinkakuji Temple" in English translation, even though the component "ji" is redundant, simply because it may sound more natural.
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| Jidai |
時代 |
era; period |
| Jikoku-ten |
持国天 |
Dhritarashtra (Watcher of Lands) (one of the Four Heavenly Kings; protectors of Buddhism; protects the east) |
| Jinja |
神社 |
a Shinto shrine |
Jyūichimen-kanzeon
(-kannon)-bosatsu |
十一面観世音菩薩 |
Eleven-faced (Bodhisattva) Avalokiteshvara |
| Jyūni-shinshū |
十二神将 |
the Twelve Heavenly (or Divine) Generals: Kumbhira; Vajra, Mihira, Andira, Anila, Sandila, Indra, Pajra, Mahoraga, Kinnara, Catura and Vikarala |
| Jyūni-ten |
十二天 |
the Twelve Heavenly Beings (Esoteric Buddhism): Indra, Agni, Yama, Rakshasa, Varuna, Vayu, Vaishravana, Isana, Brahma, Prthivi, Surya and Chandra |
| Jyūsanjū-no-tō |
十三重塔 |
a thirteen-story (tier) pagoda |
| Jyūshoku |
住職 |
a head priest; chief abbot |
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Jyūyō-bunka-zai |
重要文化財 |
Important National Cultural Property; an important cultral asset of Japan |
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