Japanese

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Grade: S

Grade: 4
そう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
虛無僧 (kyūjitai)
 
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A Buddhist monk begging as a komusō

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Noun

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()()(そう) (komusō

  1. komuso, a Japanese mendicant monastic of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, during the Edo period of 1600-1868.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN