修しゅ験げん者じゃ

noun

mountain ascetic; Shugendō practitioner

Refers to a follower of Shugendō, a syncretic mountain ascetic tradition. Often associated with yamabushi.

See also: 修験道

• 修しゅ験げん者じゃは山やまで厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうをする。

  Shugendō practitioners undergo severe training in the mountains.

• あの修しゅ験げん者じゃはよく滝たきに打うたれている。

  That mountain ascetic often stands under a waterfall.