大だい姉し

noun, noun, used as a suffix

Sister (nun); posthumous suffix for nuns

Buddhist honorific for a nun; also used as a posthumous suffix. Compare 居士 (こじ) for laymen.

See also: 居士

• あの大だい姉しは長なが年ねんこの寺てらで修しゅ行ぎょうを積つまれた。

  That Sister has trained at this temple for many years.

• 墓ぼ碑ひには「○○大だい姉し」と刻きざまれていた。

  The gravestone was inscribed with '○○ Daishi' (Sister ○○).