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庵: hermitage

hermitage; small retreat
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Readings

On
アン
Kun
いおり・いお

Usually あん in compounds (草庵, 沢庵), but いおり when it stands alone for a small hut.

Key words

庵いおりhermitage; hut
草庵そうあんthatched hermitage
沢庵たくあんpickled daikon radish
庵室あんしつhermitage; hut

Example sentences

The old monk lived quietly alone in a small hermitage deep in the mountains.

The traveling monk was given a night's lodging in a thatched hermitage by the bamboo grove.

For breakfast I had white rice, miso soup and pickled daikon.

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