道どう念ねん

noun

moral sense; wife of a monk

Rare Buddhist term. Sense 1 refers to a mind focused on the Buddhist path. Sense 2 is a colloquial, somewhat humorous term for a monk's wife, historically associated with the Jōdo Shinshū sect.

• 道どう念ねんが深ふかい僧そうは、世せ俗ぞくの欲よくに惑まどわされない。

  A monk with a strong moral sense is not swayed by worldly desires.

• あの住じゅう職しょくの道どう念ねんは、とても優やさしい方かただそうだ。

  I hear that head priest's wife is a very kind person.