Kanji1 / 13
裟 kanji
Buddhist surplice
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
サシャ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 裟
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —大袈裟Popularexaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
- —袈裟kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
- —輪袈裟loop-shaped monk's stole
- —結袈裟three-strand harness or sash decorated with pom-poms (worn by Shugendō practitioners)
- —袈裟懸けwearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
- —袈裟斬りslashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
- —袈裟固めscarf hold (in judo)
- —坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎いif you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
- —袈裟懸wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
- —袈裟固scarf hold (in judo)
- —袈裟切りslashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
- —大袈裟に言うto exaggerate; to overstate
- —大袈裟にするto exaggerate