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N1 Noun

僧侶(そうりょ)

priest, monk

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      僧侶(そうりょ)仏道(ぶつどう)修行(しゅぎょう)しています。

      The monk is practicing Buddhism. {priest, monk}

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      出家(しゅっけ)してお(てら)()らしている(ひと)僧侶(そうりょ)だ。

      A person who has left secular life to live in a temple is a monk. {priest, monk}

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      僧侶(そうりょ)(そう)個人(こじん)のことも、それらの集団(しゅうだん)のことも(あらわ)す。

      The term monk can refer to both the individual monk and the collective group of monks. {priest, monk}

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      (かれ)僧侶(そうりょ)をやめて都会(とかい)(もど)るなり、(よく)(まみ)れた生活(せいかつ)をし(はじ)めた。

      As soon as he quit being a monk and returned to the city, he began to lead a life consumed by desire. {priest, monk}

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      僧侶(そうりょ)になって(じゅう)(ねん)()(かれ)ともなると、(なん)欲望(よくぼう)()っていないでしょう。

      He, who is in his tenth year as a monk, probably has no desires at all. {priest, monk}

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