Word Meaning 沙弥尼

しゃみに shamini

沙弥尼 is read as しゃみに (shamini) and means female Buddhist novice.

Meaning

English

female Buddhist novice

Reading

Kana

しゃみに

Romaji

shamini

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 2級 Rank 134652 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

沙弥十戒

しゃみじっかい

the ten precepts

沙弥

しゃみ

male Buddhist novice

沙

すな

sand

沙汰

さた

verdict

尼

あま

Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture)

修道尼

しゅうどうに

nun

科負い比丘尼

とがおいびくに

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts

弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

御無沙汰

ごぶさた

not writing or contacting for a while

尼僧

にそう

Buddhist nun

大阪府立弥生文化博物館

おおさかふりつやよいぶんかはくぶつかん

Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)