檀 - cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree

rosewood; red sandalwood

temple supporter

one's family temple

family which supports a temple; parishioner

spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus)

decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer); fragrant screw pine; kewda

severing the relationship between a temple and its supporters

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)