Results, preceptor or high priest

和尚☆【おしょうoshou・かしょうkashou・わじょうwajou】和上【かしょうkashou・わじょうwajou】

noun:

  • preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
  • preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
  • preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
  • second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
  • monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
  • master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

衣koromoばかりbakariでde和尚oshouはhaできぬdekinu。 The dress does not make the fair.

Kanji

川

センSEN・かわkawa

stream; river; river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

高

コウKOU・たかいtaka.i・たかtaka・~だか daka・たかまるtaka.maru・たかめるtaka.meru

tall; high; expensive

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