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    3. 雲水

    雲水

    雲うん水すい

    itinerant priest

    KMT9News #33+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    うんすいくもみず

    Noun

    1.
    itinerant priest, wandering monk, mendicant
    2.
    clouds and water

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    雲うん水すいは修しゅ行ぎょうのために旅たびをします。

    An unsui (wandering monk) travels for training.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyTravel & Transportation
    彼かれは若わかくして雲うん水すいとなり、各かく地ちを巡めぐりました。

    He became an unsui at a young age and traveled to various places.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyTravel & Transportation
    雲うん水すいは、悟さとりを開ひらくために厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうと托たく鉢はつの日ひ々びを送おくります。

    Unsui spend their days in strict training and alms-seeking to attain enlightenment.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    禅ぜん寺でらでは、多おおくの雲うん水すいが日ひ々びざ座ぜ禅んに励はげんでいます。

    In Zen temples, many unsui diligently practice zazen daily.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    雲うん水すいという言こと葉ばは、雲くものように自じ由ゆうに流ながれ、水みずのように形かたちを変かえる修しゅ行ぎょう者しゃの姿すがたを表あらわしています。

    The word "unsui" represents the figure of a practitioner who flows freely like clouds and changes form like water.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyNature & EnvironmentLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    雲
    くも・-ぐも…(4)
    cloud
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
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