Illustration: Inside a neighborhood shrine's low boundary wall, a broad gravel courtyard extends from the entrance gate to the worship hall. A stone washing basin stands to one side, and a mature tree shades a bench on the other.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

境けい内だい

keidai

shrine or temple grounds

Example sentences

  1. 近所きんじょの神社じんじゃの境内けいだいには、樹齢じゅれい800年ねんといわれる銀杏いちょうの大木たいぼくがある。

    There’s a large gingko tree that’s said to be 800 years old inside the grounds of a nearby shrine.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 境内けいだいは自由じゆうに拝観はいかんできる。

    The public are permitted to visit the precincts.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 学校がっこうは東寺とうじの境内けいだいにある。

    The school is located in To-ji Temple.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 境内

  • 境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい
  • 内inside; withinOnナイ・ダイKunうち

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