What's the difference between these words for 'priest'?
宮司 [ぐうじ]
高僧 [こうそう]
住職 [じゅうしょく]
神職 [しんしょく]
僧侶 [そうりょ]
出家 [しゅっけ]
禅僧 [ぜんそう]
神主 [かんぬし]
お坊さん [おぼうさん]
牧師 [ぼくし]
神父 [しんぷ]
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Answer
Shinto
- 宮司: The head of a shrine.
- 神職: Literally "God(-related) job", people who do various rituals of Shinto.
- 神主: A rather casual synonym of 神職. Practically, in many small shrines, this is the same person as a 宮司.
Buddhism
- 僧: A monk of Buddhism.
- 僧侶: Synonym of 僧.
- 高僧: A 僧 with high social status.
- お坊さん: A friendly and colloquial synonym for 僧.
- 住職: The head of a temple (who is of course a 僧侶, too)
- 禅僧: 僧 of Zen Buddhism.
- 出家: to enter the Buddhist priesthood (suru-verb)
Christianity
- 牧師: A pastor.
If you need a generic term for "clergy", use 聖職者, which includes everything above except 出家.
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