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寺入り

てらいりterairi

noun

  1. enrolling in a temple school
  2. child enrolled in a temple school
  3. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
  4. going to a temple to repent

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