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僧

僧: Buddhist monk

Buddhist monk
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Readings

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そう: 僧(そう) "monk", 僧侶(そうりょ) "Buddhist priest", 尼僧(にそう) "nun", 高僧(こうそう) "high priest"; ぞう in 小僧(こぞう) "young apprentice".

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Key words

僧侶そうりょBuddhist priest; monk
僧そうBuddhist monk
小僧こぞうyoung apprentice; little boy
尼僧にそうnun

Example sentences

At the mountain temple, a monk reads sutras every morning.

He is a man who worked in that shop as an apprentice boy long ago.

A traveling monk asked the villagers for lodging for the night.

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