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和尚 おしょう

  1. preceptor; priestly teacher
  2. head priest; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest
  3. second highest priestly rank in Buddhism
  4. master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬ

  1. the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk
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