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    3. お坊さん

    お坊さん

    お​坊ぼうさ​ん​

    Buddhist priest

    KMT8CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    御坊さん

    おぼうさん

    Noun

    1.
    Buddhist priest, monk
    familiar languagehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2.
    son (of others)
    familiar languagehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

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    お坊ぼうさんがお経きょうを読よんでいました。

    The monk was reading a sutra.

    KMT6Religion & Philosophy
    昔むかし、このお寺てらにはたくさんのお坊ぼうさんが住すんでいました。

    A long time ago, many monks lived in this temple.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえを広ひろめるため、お坊ぼうさんは各かく地ちを巡じゅん礼れいします。

    To spread the teachings of Buddhism, monks make pilgrimages to various places.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    地ち域いきの祭まつりでは、お坊ぼうさんが安あん全ぜんを祈き願がんする儀ぎ式しきを行おこないます。

    At local festivals, monks perform rituals to pray for safety.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    彼かれは幼おさない頃ころからお坊ぼうさんになることを志こころざし、厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうを積つんできました。

    From a young age, he aspired to become a monk and has undergone rigorous training.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    坊
    boy・priest's residence・priest
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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