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曹

曹 (cadet, friend)

  • JLPT N1
  • 11 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 曰
  • #1998 most frequent

Human Activities · Fighting

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ソウゾウ

Example sentences 3

大尉たいいは軍曹ぐんそうよりも階級かいきゅうが上うえだ。

A captain is above a sergeant.

大学別曹はあくまで寄宿舎であり、自習場所や書庫などが設置されていたものの、大学寮の学生であること(あるいはその入学準備者)が寄宿の要件であり、試験や講義は全て大学に通って受けることとなっていた。

Only the students of the Daigaku-ryo (or students preparing for entrance to it) were allowed to live in a Daigaku-besso which was a dormitory equipped with a library and a room to study, and the students had to attend the Daigaku-ryo to take classes and examinations.

日本の曹洞宗開祖である道元は只管打座(しかんたざ)、すなわちただひたすらに坐ることを重視した。

The priest Dogen, founder of the Soto Sect of Buddhism, emphasized the concept of 'shikantaza' which is a Japanese term for zazen and means just sitting.

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