Word Meaning 木食上人

もくじきしょうにん mokujikishounin

木食上人 is read as もくじきしょうにん (mokujikishounin) and means holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food.

Meaning

English

  1. holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food

Reading

Kana

もくじきしょうにん

Romaji

mokujikishounin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 117429 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

木っ端役人

こっぱやくにん

petty official

木彫り職人

きぼりしょくにん

woodcarver

上人

しょうにん

holy priest

人食い

ひとくい

cannibalism

人工木材

じんこうもくざい

artificial wood

花は桜木、人は武士

はなはさくらぎひとはぶし

the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai

人木石に非ず

ひとぼくせきにあらず

man is not made of stone

wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

木々

きぎ

(many) trees

木本

もくほん

tree

一人

ひとり

one person

万人

ばんにん

ten thousand people