聴ちょう聞もん僧そう

noun

confessor (Buddhist priest who hears confessions)

A Buddhist priest who listens to confessions; a specialized religious role. The term is not widely used in everyday Japanese.

• 彼かれは寺てらで聴ちょう聞もん僧そうとして人ひと々びとの懺ざん悔げを聞きいている。

  He listens to people's confessions as a confessor at the temple.