智ち者しゃ

noun

sage; wise person

General term for a person of great wisdom; can be used in both secular and religious contexts.

• 彼かれは当とう代だいきっての智ち者しゃとして知しられている。

  He is known as the wisest person of our time.

• 智ち者しゃは多おおくを語かたらず、ただ静しずかに耳みみを傾かたむける。

  A wise person speaks little and simply listens quietly.

noun

buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest

Buddhist term; refers to an enlightened being. The kanji 智者 is especially common in this sense.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、智ち者しゃとは悟さとりを開ひらいた者ものを指さす。

  In Buddhism, a 智者 refers to one who has attained enlightenment.