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N1 Noun

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

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    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。

      A monk is training their 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。

      An errand boy at the wholesaler is desperately trying to make sales.

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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。

      Young priests are training to chant sutras inside the temple.

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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 youngster.

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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 apprentices are earnestly undergoing rigorous training to become respectable monks.

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