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jmdict 2191860 Active (id: 2347000)
寺入り
てらいり
1. [n] [hist]
▶ enrolling in a temple school
▶ child enrolled in a temple school
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1664550 寺子屋 1. temple elementary school (Edo period)
2. [n] [hist]
▶ incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2191850 寺預け【てらあずけ】 1. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
3. [n]
▶ going to a temple to repent



History:
3. A 2025-08-24 23:40:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
2. A* 2025-08-24 23:17:44  Joe Murray
  Refs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/寺入り-577046#w-577046

daijs
  Comments:
rewording the glosses to be nouns, also not sure the explanation on the 3rd sense is right, it seems to be more repentance for one's own misdeeds
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>to enrol in a temple school</gloss>
+<gloss>enrolling in a temple school</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
@@ -22 +23 @@
-<gloss>to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>going to a temple to repent</gloss>
1. A 2007-08-15 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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