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a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit / (obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

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recluse

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Source Word

recluse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈkluːs/

Noun

obsolete US

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit / (obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

Japanese Meaning

自らの意思で世間から離れて暮らす人、隠者 / 宗教的理由などで世俗を離れた人

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The old recluse spent his days tending a small garden and copying ancient scriptures by candlelight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

年老いた隠者は日々、小さな庭を手入れし、蝋燭の明かりで古い経典を写して過ごした。

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a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit

The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.

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