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お坊ぼうさん (obousan)

monk, priest

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Meaning

お坊さん (おぼうさん, obousan) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “monk, priest”.

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Example sentences 11

お寺てらからお坊ぼうさんが出でて来きましたよ。

A monk came out of the temple.

お坊さんがお経を読む。

Buddhist monks read the sutra.

お坊ぼうさんの生活せいかつは禁欲きんよく的てきだ

The monk's way of life is ascetic.

お坊さんにお経をあげてもらう。

Have a monk recite a sutra.

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