高こう野や聖ひじり

noun

Mount Kōya missionary; low-ranking monk from Mount Kōya

Historical term for a monk, often of lower rank, who traveled from Mount Kōya to spread Buddhist teachings and collect alms.

• 高こう野や聖ひじりは全ぜん国こくを回まわって布ふ教きょうした。

  Mount Kōya missionaries traveled around the country to spread the teachings.

noun

Lethocerus deyrollei; giant water bug

A species of giant water bug. Usually written in kana. The kanji spelling 高野聖 is a playful or metaphorical use, not the standard name.

See also: タガメ

• こうやひじりは池いけや水すい田でんで見みられる大おお型がたの水すい生せい昆こん虫ちゅうだ。

  The giant water bug is a large aquatic insect found in ponds and rice paddies.