住じゅう職しょく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Refers specifically to the head priest of a Buddhist temple, responsible for its administration and religious services.

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The chief priest of that temple is a very kind person.

住じゅう職しょくが毎まい朝あさお経きょうをあげている。

The head priest chants sutras every morning.

〈人ひと〉が住じゅう職しょくを務つとめるto serve as the head priest (of a temple)
彼かれはこの寺てらの住じゅう職しょくを長なが年ねん務つとめている。
He has served as the head priest of this temple for many years.
住じゅう職しょくを継つぐto succeed as head priest
息子むすこが父ちちの跡あとを継ついで住じゅう職しょくになった。
The son succeeded his father and became the head priest.

和お尚しょう
住職 specifically means the head priest who manages a particular temple, while 和尚 is a more general, respectful term for any Buddhist monk or priest.
僧そう侶りょN1
僧侶 is the broad, neutral word for a Buddhist monk or clergyman, whereas 住職 refers only to the one who heads a specific temple.
管かん長ちょう
住職 is the head priest of a single Buddhist temple, whereas 管長 is the head of an entire sect or denomination overseeing many temples.

神かん主ぬしN1
神主 is the chief priest of a Shinto shrine, while 住職 is the chief priest of a Buddhist temple, so the two are easily mixed up in translation.

Compound of 住 (reside, dwell) and 職 (post, employment), referring to the priest who resides at and holds the position of head of a temple.