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N1 Noun

小僧(こぞう)youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      youngster, boy, kid, brat

    2. Noun

      2.

      young Buddhist monk, young bonze

    3. Noun

      3.

      young shop-boy, errand boy, apprentice

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    小僧 【こぞう】

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      僧侶(そうりょ)小僧(こぞう)(きた)えています。

      The monk is training the young apprentice. {youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice}

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      問屋(とんや)小僧(こぞう)たちが必死(ひっし)商売(しょうばい)をしている。

      The young shopboys at the wholesale store are desperately doing business. {youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice}

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      小僧(こぞう)たちがお(てら)(なか)でお(きょう)()訓練(くんれん)をしています。

      The young Buddhist priests are training to recite sutras in the temple. {youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice}

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      祖父(そふ)(ぼく)(ちい)さい(ころ)(ぼく)のことを「(はな)()小僧(こぞう)」と()んでいた。

      When I was little, my grandfather used to call me a "snotty-nosed youngster". {youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice}

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      立派(りっぱ)僧侶(そうりょ)になるべく、小僧(こぞう)たちが(きび)しい修行(しゅぎょう)一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)()んでいます。

      The young Buddhist priests are earnestly undergoing rigorous training to become respectable monks. {youngster, young Buddhist priest, young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice}

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