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修道士

Reading

Kana: しゅうどうし
Romaji: shūdoushi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

monk; friar

Kanji

Readings: シュウ、 シュ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる
Meanings: discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Example Sentence

修道士(しゅうどうし)のように頭巾(ずきん)をかぶった(くも)は、ポツリポツリと()ちる(あめ)数珠(じゅず)のようにつまぐっている。
➥The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.
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