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temple bell; large hanging Buddhist bell
A large bronze bell hung in a Buddhist temple and struck from the outside with a wooden beam. Best known for being rung 108 times on New Year's Eve.
遠くで梵鐘が鳴っている。
A temple bell is ringing in the distance.
この寺の梵鐘は江戸時代に作られた。
This temple's bell was cast in the Edo period.
大晦日には除夜の鐘として梵鐘を百八回突く。
On New Year's Eve, the temple bell is struck 108 times as the joya-no-kane.
A large bronze temple bell, struck from outside by a swinging wooden beam (撞木) rather than an internal clapper.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 梵鐘を突く / つく: to strike the temple bell
- 梵鐘が鳴る: the temple bell rings
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 鐘: bell — the general word for any bell
- 除夜の鐘: the New Year's Eve bell-ringing, traditionally 108 strikes of a 梵鐘