庫裏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庫	裏
く Grade: 3	り Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
庫裡

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

庫(く)裏(り) • (kuri) 

1. living quarters of a Buddhist temple
   • 1922, Inoue Masao, Ōsaka fu zenshi [Osaka prefecture complete inventory], page 482:

     境(けい)内(だい)は八(はち)拾(じゅう)八(はち)坪(つぼ)を有(ゆう)し、本(ほん)堂(どう)・庫(く)裏(り)・納(おさめ)家(け)を存(そん)す。

     Keidai wa hachijūhachi tsubo o yū shi, hondō kuri osameke o son su.

     The grounds cover 88 tsubo, including the main temple, living quarters, and storage building.

2. the kitchen of a Zen monastery

   Synonym: 庫院 (kuin)

Usage notes

In smaller monasteries one room may serve as the priest or abbot’s office as well as kitchen where offerings of food for the Buddha are prepared and meals served to priests.

References

• “庫裏”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984