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N1 Noun
僧侶priest, monk
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Noun
1.
priest, monk, bonze
Buddhism
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僧侶 【そうりょ】
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僧侶は仏道を修行しています。
The monk is practicing Buddhism. {priest, monk}
出家してお寺で暮らしている人が僧侶だ。
A person who has left secular life to live in a temple is a monk. {priest, monk}
僧侶は僧個人のことも、それらの集団のことも表す。
The term monk can refer to both the individual monk and the collective group of monks. {priest, monk}
彼は僧侶をやめて都会に戻るなり、欲に塗れた生活をし始めた。
As soon as he quit being a monk and returned to the city, he began to lead a life consumed by desire. {priest, monk}
僧侶になって十年目の彼ともなると、何の欲望も持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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