僧

Meaning

僧 centers on a person who has dedicated their life to Buddhist practice: a monk or priest.

• 小僧こぞう

  youngster; boy; kid; brat; lad

• 僧そう
  N1

  monk; priest

• 僧侶そうりょ
  N1

  priest; monk; bonze

• 尼僧にそう

  Buddhist nun

• 高僧こうそう

  high priest; highly ranked priest

• 僧院そういん

  monastery; temple

• 禅僧ぜんそう

  Zen priest

• 僧職そうしょく

  priesthood

• 僧兵そうへい

  priest soldier; warrior monk

• 虚無僧こむそう

  begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

• 名僧めいそう

  noted priest; celebrated priest

• 僧正そうじょう

  high Buddhist priest

• 大僧正だいそうじょう

  high priest

• 若僧にゃくそう

  young monk; boy monk

• 僧堂そうどう

  temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

• 僧籍そうせき

  priesthood registry

• いたずら小僧いたずらこぞう

  mischievous boy

• からかさ小僧からかさこぞう

  karakasa-obake; umbrella ghost

• カメラ小僧カメラこぞう

  photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions

• 一つ目小僧ひとつめこぞう

  one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster

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