Word details

禅坊主

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 禅坊主.

Dictionary

Entry

禅坊主んぼうずNounFreq #107958
1

Rare term

Zen monk

Examples
禅坊主じゃあるまいし、毎日毎日、一汁一菜のダイエットメニューは勘弁してよ。
What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

Zen, silent meditation

13 strokesFrequency 1,902JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ゼンセン

Kun

しずかゆず.る

boy, priest's residence, priest

7 strokesFrequency 1,832JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ボウボッ

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

5 strokesFrequency 95JLPT N3Grade 3

On

シュシュウ

Kun

ぬしおもあるじ

Nanori

かずもん

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