さん【ぼうさん】

Frequency rank: 49,017. – 50,149.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. Buddhist priest; monkfamiliar languagehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languagesee also
  2. boyfamiliar language
Forms
  • さん【ぼうさん】Frequency rank: 49,017. – 50,149.
  • ぼうさん
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. Buddhist priest; monk
    2. This meaning refers to a person who has renounced worldly life and serves in a religious capacity, typically within the context of Buddhism.
    Yesterday, I had a Buddhist priest pray for me.
    The monk is preaching teachings at the temple.
  2. boy
    3. In this context, it is a colloquial term that may refer to a young male or child.
    He is a little boy like a monk.
    The boys are playing in the park.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to ask a monkteachings of a monklife of a monkto become a monkmonk's templeto talk with a monkwork of a monktraining of a monkto accompany a monkmind of a monk
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