にゅうどう

See also: にゅうとう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にゅうどう – see the following entry.

【入道】 [noun] (Buddhism) entering the Buddhist priesthood; also the person who became a Buddhist novice [noun] (by extension) a man with a shaven head [noun] (by extension) a bald-headed monster [noun] a detour [verb] (Buddhism) to enter the Buddhist priesthood

(This term, にゅうどう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)