山やま伏ぶし

noun

yamabushi; Shugendō practitioner

A mountain ascetic who practices Shugendō, a syncretic tradition combining elements of Buddhism, Shinto, and folk religion. Often depicted wearing distinctive attire and blowing a conch shell.

See also: 修験道

• 山やま伏ぶしが山さん道どうを歩あるいている。

  A yamabushi is walking along the mountain path.

• 修しゅ験げん道どうの山やま伏ぶしは厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうをする。

  Shugendō yamabushi undergo rigorous training.

noun

itinerant Buddhist monk

A broader, less technical term for a wandering Buddhist monk, sometimes used interchangeably with yamabushi in historical or literary contexts.

• 昔むかし、山やま伏ぶしが村むら々むらを回まわって祈いのりを捧ささげた。

  Long ago, itinerant monks traveled from village to village offering prayers.