Keyword
Buddhist priest
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1057
Old form
Readings
そう
(59%)
ぞう
(40%)
Composed of
thin person
great (grandparent or grandchild)
Used in vocabulary (110 in total)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
priest; monk; bonze
priest soldier; warrior monk
high Buddhist priest
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
nun; priestess
ascetic monk; trainee monk
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
monastery; temple
priest's garb
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
elderly priest
the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
brat; greenhorn; novice; green youth; child
priest's garb
depraved monk; sinful priest
silly monk; foolish monk; I; me
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
learned priest pursuing his studies
Buddhist priest
traveling priest; travelling priest
noted priest; celebrated priest
priests' temple quarters
high priest; priest
Buddhist priest
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
mitral valve; bicuspid valve
photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties
priesthood; Buddhism
priests' temple quarters
priests and laymen
corrupt monk; greedy monk; (arch.) liar
monks and nuns
Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
priest traveling as part of his training (travelling)
priests; monks
temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures
large number of priests
nunnery; convent
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis); roller (any bird of family Coraciidae); Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
priestly teacher
young priest
appearance of a Buddhist priest
Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest
sangha (the Buddhist community)
priest attached to a shrine
a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
Buddhist temple
artist-monk
great (learned) priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
rank (of a monk)
litharge; lead monoxide
itinerant monk; monk on a pilgrimage
unranked priest; ordinary priest; foolish monk
priest's hermitage
low-rank priest
worldly priest
monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine
bad boy; naughty boy
rank (of a monk)
priests assisting at a Buddhist service
priest with poetical talent; priest poet
substitute priest
brat; greenhorn; novice; green youth; child
Buddhist convent or monastery
young monk; boy monk
young monk; boy monk
priest's religious name
ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority; Office of Monastic Affairs
travelling monk (RPG term)
giving to a monk; offerings made to monks
Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect
mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect
monk (esp. one who maintains his purity)
foreign priest; Western priest
foreign priest; Western priest
monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine
itinerant monk
good luck does not last; (lit.) a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
Examples (1 in total)
The nun prayed and crossed herself.