お坊さん

Japanese
Kanji in this term
坊
ぼう
Grade: S

Etymology

From 坊 (“monk”) +‎ さん, an honorific sometimes used with job titles.

Noun

お坊さん (hiragana おぼうさん, rōmaji obōsan)

  1. (informal, honorific) a Buddhist monk, a bonze

Synonyms
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