Jisho

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Words — 37 found

Noun
1. person specially invited to compose and recite a poem at the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading​See also 歌会始
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2. person employed by the Imperial Court to compile anthologies of waka poetry​Historical term
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3. person summoned to perform bugaku (for the nobility)​Historical term, See also 舞楽
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召人 【めしゅうど】
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Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), Transitive verb
1. to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for)​
Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), Transitive verb
2. to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)​
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もんぜんこぞうならきょうよ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending
1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught​Proverb
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もんぜんこぞう 門前の小僧
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1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)​Proverb, Abbreviation, See also 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
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1. narrator; storyteller; reciter​
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2. Narrator​A narrator is, within any story (literary work, movie, pl... Read more
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にんぎょうじょうるり 人形浄瑠璃
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1. Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)​See also 浄瑠璃, See also 文楽
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1. last words recited to the newly departed; requiem​Buddhism
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2. converting people to Buddhism​Buddhism
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1. register of believers (at a Buddhist temple); death register​
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2. register of reciters of the Buddha's name (in Yuzu Nembutsu)​
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Noun, Suru verb
1. reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited​Rare term
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1. imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)​See also 金光明最勝王経
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御斎会 【みさいえ】
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1. Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)​
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じょうるりかた 浄瑠璃語り
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1. jōruri reciter​See also 浄瑠璃
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浄瑠璃語 【じょうるりかたり】
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浄瑠璃語: Irregular okurigana usage.
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1. reciter's book; complete set of books​
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丸本 【まるほん】
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1. reader (in competitive karuta); reciter; person who reads the cards​Card games, See also 読み手 よみて
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1. certified reader (comp. karuta); certified reciter​Card games, See also 専任読手
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1. designated reader (comp. karuta); designated reciter; highest reader qualification​Card games, See also 公認読手
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