noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
寺檀制度 じだんせいど

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree
ダン まゆみ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
truly, wholly, cordial
タン セン あつ.い (Kentei 1)
rice storehouse(廩) variant
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
-times, round, game
カイ まわ.る エ (2nd, N3)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
system, law, rule
セイ (5th, N3)
cow
うし ギュウ ご (2nd, N4)
person, (人 variant)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (Late High School)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)