無む住じゅう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

lacking a chief priest; temple without a chief priest

Used specifically for a Buddhist temple that currently has no resident head priest. Often appears in phrases like 無住の寺.

• その古ふるい寺てらは長なが年ねん無む住じゅうのままだ。

  That old temple has been without a chief priest for many years.

noun

uninhabited; vacant

Formal or literary term for a place being empty of people. Not used in everyday conversation; more common words are 無人 (むじん) or 空き家 (あきや).

• 無む住じゅうの家いえが並ならぶ通とおりは寂さびしい雰ふん囲い気きだった。

  The street lined with uninhabited houses had a lonely atmosphere.

noun

non-attachment

Buddhist term referring to the state of not clinging to anything, including the idea of a fixed abode or self. Rare outside religious contexts.

• 禅ぜん僧そうは無む住じゅうの境きょう地ちを説といた。

  The Zen monk preached the state of non-attachment.