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    3. 法師

    法師

    法ほう師し

    Buddhist priest

    KMT8News #24+1Religion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ほうしほっし

    Noun

    1.
    Buddhist priest, bonze
    2.
    layman dressed like a priest

    Noun, Suffix

    3.
    person

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    お寺てらに法ほう師しがいました。

    There was a Buddhist priest at the temple.

    KMT6Religion & Philosophy
    その法ほう師しは人ひと々びとに教おしえを説といた。

    That priest preached teachings to the people.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    法ほう師しは座ざ禅ぜんを組くみ、精せい神しんを統とう一いつした。

    The priest sat in zazen and unified his mind.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    多おおくの法ほう師しが仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえを広ひろめるために尽つ力くした。

    Many priests dedicated themselves to spreading the teachings of Buddhism.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    昔むかしの物ものが語たりには、旅たびをする法ほう師しがよく登とう場じょうします。

    Traveling Buddhist priests often appear in old tales.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    法
    のり…(5)
    method・law・rule・principle・model…(1)
    師
    いくさ…(8)
    expert・teacher・master・model・exemplar…(2)
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