尊そん

noun

zun (ancient Chinese bronze wine vessel)

Refers to a specific type of ritual wine container from ancient China, typically made of bronze. Used in art history and archaeology contexts.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには殷いん代だいの尊そんが展てん示じされている。

  A zun from the Shang dynasty is on display at this museum.

prefix

honorific prefix for the listener (archaic)

Archaic honorific prefix used to show respect toward the listener. Not productive in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in historical texts or set expressions.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょでは「尊そん公こう」のように相あい手てを敬うやまって「尊そん」を冠かんすることがある。

  In old documents, 尊 is sometimes prefixed to show respect to the listener, as in 尊公.

suffix, counter

counter for buddhas

Used as a respectful counter for buddhas and sometimes for other highly revered beings in Buddhist contexts. Often seen in sutras or religious texts.

• この経きょう典てんには十じゅう三さん仏ぶつの十じゅう三さん尊そんが描えがかれている。

  This sutra depicts the thirteen buddhas, counted as thirteen 尊.