Vocab Info

N3 Noun

坊(ぼう)さんBuddhist priest, monk, boy

    Dictionary Definition

    Common

    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        Buddhist priest, monk

        Familiar language, Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language,

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      2. 2.

        boy

        Familiar language

    All Forms

    坊さん 【ぼうさん】

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      • ぼ

      • う

      • さ

      • ん

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    Examples

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    • お寺(てら)で坊(ぼう)さんとお話(はなし)をする。

      To have a conversation with a monk at the temple.

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    • 将来(しょうらい)は出家(しゅっけ)して坊(ぼう)さんになるつもりだ。

      I plan to become a monk and renounce worldly life in the future.

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    • そういえば、あの家(いえ)の子(こ)って坊(ぼう)さんになったんだっけ？

      By the way, did that child from that family become a monk?

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    • 坊(ぼう)さん全員(ぜんいん)が欲(よく)を捨(す)てて家庭(かてい)を持(も)っていない事(こと)はありません。

      It is not always the case that every monk has given up desires and does not have a family.

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    • 彼(かれ)は坊(ぼう)さんとして祈(いの)りを捧(ささ)げる事(こと)にかけては誰(だれ)よりも自信(じしん)があるそうです。

      He seems to have great confidence in offering prayers as a monk.

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