沙しゃ弥み

noun

male Buddhist novice; young monk in training

Refers to a young male who has entered a Buddhist monastery but has not yet received full ordination. The reading さみ is less common.

• 彼かれは若わかくして沙しゃ弥みとなり、修しゅ行ぎょうに励はげんだ。

  He became a novice monk at a young age and devoted himself to training.