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    3. 住職

    住職

    住じゅう職しょく

    chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

    KMT6News #11+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    じゅうしょく

    Noun

    1.
    chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

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    お寺てらの住じゅう職しょくはとても親しん切せつです。

    The chief priest of the temple is very kind.

    KMT4Religion & Philosophy
    その住じゅう職しょくは、毎まい日にち熱ねっ心しんにお経きょうを読よんでいます。

    That chief priest diligently reads sutras every day.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    彼かれは将しょう来らい、このお寺てらの住じゅう職しょくになることを目め指ざしています。

    He aims to become the chief priest of this temple in the future.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    住じゅう職しょくは、地ち域いきの人ひと々びとの心こころの支ささえとなっています。

    The chief priest serves as a spiritual support for the local people.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    若わかい住じゅう職しょくが、伝でん統とうを守まもりつつ新あたらしい活かつ動どうにも意い欲よく的てきに取とり組くんでいます。

    The young chief priest is actively engaged in new activities while preserving traditions.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    住
    す.む・す.まう・-ず.まい…(6)
    dwell・reside・live・inhabit
    職
    post・employment・work
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