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Noun
1. temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
Wikipedia definition
2. TerakoyaTerakoya (寺子屋, which literally means "temple schools") were private educational institutions that taught writing and reading to the children of Japanese commoners during the Edo period.
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Other forms
寺小屋 【てらこや】

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