住職

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 3
しょく
Grade: 5
goon kan'on
 住職 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(じゅう)(しょく) (jūshokuぢゆうしよく (dyuusyoku)?

  1. serving as head priest of a Buddhist temple
  2. head priest of a Buddhist temple
    Synonym: 住持 (jūji)

Verb

(じゅう)(しょく)する (jūshoku suruぢゆうしよく (dyuusyoku)?intransitive suru (stem (じゅう)(しょく) (jūshoku shi), past (じゅう)(しょく)した (jūshoku shita))

  1. to serve as head priest of a Buddhist temple

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

住職 (jujik) (hangeul 주직)

  1. hanja form? of 주직