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    3. 坊主

    坊主

    坊ぼう主ず

    Buddhist priest

    KMT9News #28+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyFashion & BeautyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    房主

    ぼうずぼんず

    Noun

    1.
    Buddhist priest, bonze
    2.
    close-cropped hair, crew cut, person with a shorn head
    3.
    boy, sonny, lad
    familiar languagederogatory
    4.
    not catching anything, getting skunked
    fishing
    5.
    the August 20-point card
    hanafuda

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    お寺てらには坊ぼう主ずが住すんでいる。

    A priest lives in the temple.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは髪かみを坊ぼう主ずにした。

    He shaved his head / got a crew cut.

    KMT9Fashion & BeautyDaily Life
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、子こ供どもを坊ぼう主ずと呼よぶこともあった。

    In old Japan, children were sometimes called bōzu.

    KMT9HistoryFamily & Relationships
    坊ぼう主ずがお経きょうを唱となえる声こえが聞きこえてきた。

    I heard the voice of a priest chanting sutras.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    夏なつは暑あついから、坊ぼう主ず頭あたまは涼すずしくていい。

    Summer is hot, so a crew cut is cool and good.

    KMT9Fashion & BeautyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    坊
    boy・priest's residence・priest
    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
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