ひじり

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひじり – see the following entry.
【聖】6
a very virtuous or godly person; a saint
(honorific) the emperor
a sage
an expert; someone distinguished in their field
a virtuous or high-ranking Buddhist priest or monk
a Buddhist priest or monk in general
a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment
a monk who has adopted an itinerant lifestyle for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment, supporting themselves by gathering alms and food contributions; by extension, an itinerant preacher monk from Mount Kōya
(euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu, “refined sake”)
a textile peddler (from the resemblance to itinerant 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri) Buddhist preachers who would carry everything on their backs)
(This term, ひじり (hijiri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひじり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひじり.)
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