凡ぼん僧そう

noun

ordinary priest; unranked priest

Buddhist term for a monk without a high rank or special status; a common priest.

• 彼かれは高こう僧そうではなく、ただの凡ぼん僧そうに過すぎない。

  He is not a high-ranking priest, but merely an ordinary monk.

noun

foolish monk

Only with reading ぼんそう

Derogatory term for a monk considered ignorant or lacking in virtue; restricted to reading ぼんそう.

• その凡ぼん僧そうは戒かい律りつを守まもらず、好すき放ほう題だいに振ふる舞まった。

  That foolish monk ignored the precepts and behaved as he pleased.