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    3. 居士

    居士

    居こ士じ

    grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

    KMT10News #36+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    こじ

    Noun

    1.
    grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
    Buddhism
    2.
    private-sector scholar

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    彼かれは仏ぶっ教きょうの居こ士じとして、在ざい家けで修しゅ行ぎょうを続つづけている。

    As a Buddhist layman, he continues his practice at home.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    居こ士じは、出しゅっ家けせずに仏ぶつ道どうを歩あゆむ人ひと々びとを指さす。

    Koji refers to people who follow the Buddhist path without becoming monks.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    多おおくの居こ士じが、地ち域いきの寺じ院いん活かつ動どうに積せっ極きょく的てきに参 加 している。

    Many laymen actively participate in local temple activities.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    彼かれの戒かい名みょうには「居こ士じ」の二に文も字じがつけられた。

    The two characters "居士" were added to his posthumous Buddhist name.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    江え戸ど時じ代だいには、寺じ院いんに属ぞくさず学がく問もんを修おさめる居こ士じも存そん在ざいした。

    In the Edo period, there were also private scholars who pursued learning without belonging to a temple.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
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