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僧 kanji
Buddhist priest, monk
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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僧Words with 僧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —学問僧scholar monk
- —密陀僧litharge; lead monoxide
- —護持僧imperial protector monk; monk who performed rituals for the wellbeing of the imperial household
- —ラマ僧Tibetan Buddhist monk; lama
- —小便小僧Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien
- —僧庵生活hermit life
- —名僧知識great (learned) priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
- —腕白小僧naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
- —西仏法僧European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
- —僧伽藍摩Buddhist convent or monastery
- —弁天小僧Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
- —一つ目小僧one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
- —声の仏法僧Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
- —カメラ小僧photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
- —門前の小僧you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
- —悪たれ小僧bad boy; naughty boy
- —いたずら小僧mischievous boy
- —貧僧の重ね斎good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)
- —からかさ小僧karakasa-obake; umbrella ghost
- —僧帽弁閉鎖不全mitral regurgitation; mitral insufficiency; mitral incompetence