十八檀林じゅうはちだんりん Noun English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) See also: 浄土宗 (じょうどしゅう), 関東 (かんとう)
檀林だんりん Noun English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) Buddhism Buddhist center for study and meditation;monastery;temple abbreviation of 栴檀林 See also: 栴檀 (せんだん) 2 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person);Danrin school (of haikai poetry) See also: 俳諧 (はいかい), 談林風 (だんりんふう), 談林派 (だんりんは) Other forms 談林 【だんりん】