凡僧
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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凡 | 僧 |
ぼん Grade: S |
そう Grade: S |
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凡僧 (kyūjitai) |
Kanji in this term | |
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凡 | 僧 |
ぼん Grade: S |
そう > ぞう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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凡僧 (kyūjitai) |
Noun edit
- An ordinary, lowly, itinerant monk.
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 61:
- Bonzô ボンゾゥ (凡僧) すなわち、Curai naqi iyaxiqi sô. (位なき卑しき僧) 位のない普通の僧.
- Bonzō, that is to say a lowly monk of low standing. An ordinary monk of low standing.
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: bonzo
- → Polish: bonza (both "monk" and "bigwig"), → bonzo ("bigwig") (most likely borrowed through at least one intermediary)
References edit
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.