てらいり

寺 入 り

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    to enrol in a temple school, child enrolled in a temple school

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)