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N1 Noun
尼僧nun, priestess
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Noun
1.
Buddhist nun
Noun
2.
Catholic nun, sister
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尼僧 【にそう】
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教会には多くの尼僧がいます。
There are many nuns in the church.
尼僧とは出家して仏道に入った女性である。
A nun is a woman who has renounced worldly life and entered the Buddhist path.
この教会に勤めている尼僧たちは皆とても若いです。
All the nuns working at this church are very young.
世の中から距離をおくべく、私は尼僧になることを決意しました。
To distance myself from the world, I decided to become a nun.
修道女も尼僧も同じことを指すが、ニュアンスに違いはあるのだろうか?
Both 'sister' and nun refer to the same thing, though I wonder if there's a nuance between them?
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