おしょう

和 尚

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    priestly teacher, preceptor
    trad. pronounced おしょう in Zen and Pure Land, かしょう in Tendai and Kegon, わじょう in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu and Shin Buddhism
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    • 衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ。
      The robes do not make the monk.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    second highest priestly rank in Buddhism

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    master (of one's art, trade, etc.)