仙せん人にん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

immortal mountain wizard; Taoist hermit

Refers to a legendary figure in Taoism who has achieved immortality and lives in the mountains, often possessing supernatural powers.

仙せん人にんは雲くもに乗のって空そらを飛とぶと言いわれ

て

いる

。

It is said that immortal mountain wizards ride on clouds and fly through the sky.

彼かれは山やま奥おくで仙せん人にんのような生せい活かつを送おくっている。

He lives deep in the mountains like a Taoist hermit.

2

noun

person free from worldly desires; unworldly person

Figurative use describing someone who seems detached from material concerns and earthly passions, often with a hint of eccentricity or purity.

彼かれは欲よくがなくて、まるで仙せん人にんみたいだ。
He has no worldly desires; he's almost like an unworldly sage.

Usage patterns

仙せん人にんになるto become an immortal/hermit
彼かれは山やまにこもって仙せん人にんになったという伝でん説せつがある。
There is a legend that he shut himself away in the mountains and became an immortal.
仙せん人にんのように暮くらすto live like a hermit, detached from worldly concerns
退たい職しょく後ごは仙せん人にんのように暮くらしたいと思おもっている。
After retiring, I want to live like a hermit, free from worldly concerns.
山やまに住すむ仙せん人にんan immortal who lives in the mountains
この物もの語がたりには山やまに住すむ仙せん人にんが登とう場じょうする。
An immortal who lives in the mountains appears in this story.

Kanji

仙hermit, wizard, cent
人person
僊hermit

Related words

隠いん者じゃ sense 2
隠者 refers to a person who has withdrawn from society to live a solitary life, while 仙人 specifically evokes the Taoist image of an immortal mountain wizard with supernatural powers.
世よ捨すて人びと sense 2
世捨て人 describes someone who has renounced worldly life in a general sense, whereas 仙人 carries the specific mythic connotation of a Taoist immortal.
道どう士し sense 1
道士 is a practicing Taoist priest or ascetic still striving toward immortality, while 仙人 denotes one who has already attained that immortal, supernatural state.
仙せんN1
仙人 is the standard standalone word for a Taoist immortal or mountain hermit, while 仙 is a bound form used mainly inside compounds like 仙人 itself or 仙術.

Opposites

俗ぞく人じん sense 2
俗人 is an ordinary, worldly person caught up in mundane desires, the direct opposite of a 仙人 who is detached from earthly concerns.

Don't confuse with

サボテン
仙人掌 shares the kanji 仙人 but is simply an ateji spelling for サボテン (cactus) and has no connection to the mystical meaning of 仙人.
先せん人じん
仙人 (a mountain hermit or immortal sage) sounds similar to 先人 but has an entirely unrelated meaning rooted in Taoist legend.

Word family

仙せん人にん掌しょう
cactus
センニンコク
love-lies-bleeding; tassel flower; foxtail amaranth
センニンソウ
sweet autumn clematis; Clematis terniflora

Written forms

仙せん人にんUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; used in news and common vocabulary.
センニンUsage4%
僊せん人にん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

From Chinese 仙人 (xiānrén), a Taoist concept of an immortal being. The kanji 仙 means 'hermit' or 'immortal', and 人 means 'person'. The rare form 僊人 uses an older variant of 仙.