Source Word
聖
Hiragana
ひじり
Noun
honorific
euphemistic
Japanese Meaning
徳が高く、尊敬される人。聖人。 / 神聖でけがれのないこと。 / 仏教で、悟りを開いた高僧や修行僧を敬っていう語。 / 天子・天皇などを極めて尊んでいう語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
とくべつにえらく、よいこころをもつ人をいう。むかしはてんのうのこともさした。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
（尊称）天皇 / 圣人；神圣或贤德之人 / 隐居修行的僧人；苦行僧
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（敬稱）天皇、皇帝 / 聖人；聖徒 / 隱居修行的僧人或苦行者
Korean Meaning
(존칭) 황제 / 성자, 성현 / 수도와 깨달음을 위해 은둔한 승려
Indonesian
sebutan kehormatan bagi kaisar / orang suci atau orang bijak / rahib/pertapa yang mengasingkan diri untuk asketisme dan pencerahan rohani
Vietnamese Meaning
Thánh thượng (tôn xưng hoàng đế) / Bậc thánh/hiền; vị thánh, người rất mực đạo hạnh / Tu sĩ ẩn tu khổ hạnh cầu giác ngộ
Tagalog Meaning
pantás / santo / eremitang monghe
Sense（1）
(honorific) the emperor
Sense（2）
a sage
Sense（3）
a very virtuous or godly person; a saint
Sense（4）
a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment
Sense（5）
an expert; someone distinguished in their field
Sense（6）
a virtuous or high-ranking Buddhist priest or monk
Sense（7）
a Buddhist priest or monk in general
Sense（8）
a monk who has adopted an itinerant lifestyle for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment, supporting themselves by gathering alms and food contributions; by extension, an itinerant preacher monk from Mount Kōya
Sense（9）
(euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu, “refined sake”)
Sense（10）
a textile peddler (from the resemblance to itinerant 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri) Buddhist preachers who would carry everything on their backs)
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