ニ, あま

nun

JLPT1 G7 S5 F1844

body + an abbreviated form# of line up → close contact among members of a group of similar people (compare ). *Nun* is a borrowed meaning, to transliterate the Sanskrit bhiksuni (nun) (). Note that is thought to be a Japanese transliteration of the Pali term for "mother".

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