比び丘く尼に

noun

Buddhist nun; bhikkhuni

A fully ordained Buddhist nun in the traditional sense. The term is a direct borrowing from Sanskrit bhiksuni.

from Sanskrit bhiksuni

• 彼かの女じょは比び丘く尼にとして戒かい律りつを守まもりながら修しゅ行ぎょうしている。

  She practices as a bhikkhuni, observing the precepts.

noun

traveling female entertainer dressed as a nun

Historical term for a female performer who traveled and entertained while wearing a nun's habit, common in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいには、比び丘く尼に姿すがたの旅たび芸げい人にんが各かく地ちを巡めぐっていた。

  In the Kamakura period, traveling entertainers dressed as nuns went around the country.

noun

lowly prostitute disguised as a nun

Historical term from the Edo period for a low-ranking prostitute who wore a nun's habit as a disguise.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの比び丘く尼には、尼に僧そうの格かっ好こうをした下か級きゅうの遊ゆう女じょを指さした。

  In the Edo period, bikuni referred to low-class prostitutes dressed as nuns.

noun

female servant hired to take blame for noblewoman's farts

Abbreviation of 科負い比丘尼. A historical role in which a female servant would pretend to be the source of a noblewoman's flatulence to save her embarrassment.

See also: 科負い比丘尼

• 「科とが負おい比び丘く尼に」の略りゃく称しょうとしての比び丘く尼には、貴き婦ふ人じんのおならの身み代がわりをする使し用よう人にんを指さした。

  As an abbreviation of 科負い比丘尼, bikuni referred to a servant who took the blame for a noblewoman's fart.