Meanings
Readings
Common Words
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
Yamanashi (city, prefecture)
Word usually written using kana alone
wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; amboyna; amboina
flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis)
quince (Cydonia oblonga)
Honorific; Buddhism; Abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the sanskrit "ācārya"
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest
Buddhism
initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon)
Buddhism
monk who conducts religious services
European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear
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