Japanese Word Entry
貧僧の重ね齋Simplified Japanese form: 貧僧の重ね斎
| Kana: | ひんそうのかさねどき |
| Romaji: | hinsounokasanedoki |
| Definition: | good luck does not last, a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 貧 | poverty, poor, impoverished, needy |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄆㄧㄣˊ (pín) |
| Cantonese: | pan4 |
| Japanese: | ヒン (hin)、 ビン (bin) / まず.しい (mazushii) |
| Korean: | 빈 (bin) |
| Vietnamese: | bần |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 贫 |
| 僧 | Buddhist priest, monk, san of Sanskrit sangha |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄥ (sēng), ㄘㄥˊ (céng) |
| Cantonese: | zang1 |
| Japanese: | ソウ (sou) / ぼうず (bouzu) |
| Korean: | 승 (seung) |
| Vietnamese: | tăng |
Variants
| Simplified Japanese form: | 僧 |
| 重 | heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold, weighty, double |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng), ㄔㄨㄥˊ (chóng), ㄊㄨㄥˊ (tóng) |
| Cantonese: | cung5 |
| Japanese: | ジュウ (juu)、 チョウ (chou) / え (e)、 おも.い (omoi)、 おも.り (omori)、 おも.なう (omonau)、 かさ.ねる (kasaneru)、 かさ.なる (kasanaru)、 おも (omo) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | trọng, trùng |
| 齋 | Buddhist food, room, religious purification, worship, avoid, alike, vegetarian diet, study, to fast, abstain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄞ (zhāi) |
| Cantonese: | zaai1 |
| Japanese: | サイ (sai)、 シ (shi) / つつし.む (tsutsushimu)、 とき (toki)、 ものいみ (monoimi) |
| Korean: | 재 (jae), 자 (ja) |
| Vietnamese: | trai |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 斋 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 斎 |
