N1817/3019

そう

nounnoun (generic)abbreviation

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Meanings

  • monk, priest
  • sangha (the Buddhist community)

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Example sentences

そのそう毎朝まいあさやま頂上ちょうじょう瞑想めいそうする。

That monk meditates at the mountain summit every morning.

ふるてらにはおおくのそう修行しゅぎょうはげんでいた。

Many monks were devoted to their ascetic training at the old temple.

かれわかころそうとなり、生涯しょうがい仏道ぶつどうささげた。

He became a monk in his youth and devoted his entire life to the Buddhist path.

そう読経どきょう静寂せいじゃく堂内どうないおごそかにひびわたった。

The monk's sutra chanting reverberated solemnly throughout the quiet hall.

仏教ぶっきょうにおけるそうとは、戒律かいりつまも共同生活きょうどうせいかついとな出家者しゅっけしゃ集団しゅうだんすこともある。

In Buddhism, 'sō' can also refer to a community of renunciants who observe precepts and live together.