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    3. 出家

    出家

    出しゅっ家け

    entering the priesthood

    KMT10News #41+1Religion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しゅっけすけ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    entering the priesthood
    Buddhism

    Noun

    2.
    priest, monk, bonze
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 15

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    彼かれは仏ぶつ門もんに入はいり、出しゅっ家けした。

    He entered the Buddhist priesthood and became a monk.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    平へい安あん時じ代だいには、貴き族ぞくが出しゅっ家けして隠とん遁せい生せい活かつを送おくることもあった。

    In the Heian period, there were cases where nobles entered the priesthood and lived in seclusion.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    世せ俗ぞくを離はなれて出しゅっ家けすることは、精せい神しん的てきな探たん求きゅうの道みちとされる。

    Leaving the secular world and entering the priesthood is considered a path of spiritual quest.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    多おおくの仏ぶっ教きょう徒とにとって、出しゅっ家けは悟さとりへの第だい一いっ歩ぽである。

    For many Buddhists, entering the priesthood is the first step towards enlightenment.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    出しゅっ家けした僧そう侶りょは、厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうを通つうじて自じ己こを律りっする。

    Monks who have entered the priesthood discipline themselves through rigorous training.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
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