金閣寺(きんかくじ)

きんかくじ
noun
Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto
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1. Kinkaku-ji; the Golden Pavilion
A Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose three-story pavilion is covered in gold leaf and stands beside a pond. It was built as a villa by the shogun 足利義満(あしかがよしみつ) at the end of the fourteenth century; its formal name is 鹿苑寺(ろくおんじ).
金閣寺(きんかくじ)は金色(きんいろ)に輝(かがや)いている。
Kinkaku-ji glitters gold.
雪(ゆき)の日(ひ)の金閣寺(きんかくじ)は特(とく)に美(うつく)しい。
Kinkaku-ji is especially beautiful on a snowy day.
今(いま)の金閣寺(きんかくじ)は、1950年(ねん)に放火(ほうか)で焼(や)けた後(あと)に再建(さいけん)されたものだ。
The present Kinkaku-ji was rebuilt after it burned down in an arson attack in 1950.

Strictly the name of the pavilion (金閣(きんかく)), it is used for the whole temple.

Common expressions

  • 金閣寺(きんかくじ)と銀閣寺(ぎんかくじ): the Golden and Silver Pavilions, often visited as a pair
  • 「金閣寺(きんかくじ)」: Mishima Yukio's 1956 novel, based on the 1950 arson

Similar words

  • 銀閣寺(ぎんかくじ): the Silver Pavilion — built later by 足利義政(あしかがよしまさ); despite the name it was never covered in silver, and its plain style contrasts with the gold of 金閣寺(きんかくじ)
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