大たい隠いん

noun

enlightened hermit; great recluse

A literary term for a wise person who withdraws from worldly affairs, often associated with Daoist or Zen ideals. Rare in modern usage.

• 「大たい隠いんは市いちに隠かくる」という言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying, 'The great hermit hides in the marketplace.'