Meaning of かしょう in Japanese
Definition of かしょう
- (n) riverbed
- raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
- (n) Chinese merchants abroad
- (n) preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism)
- preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism)
- preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism)
- second highest priestly rank in Buddhism
- monk (esp. the head monk of a temple)
- master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
- (n) (flower's) receptacle
- (n) Sichuan pepper (tree) (Zanthoxylum bungeanum); Chinese prickly-ash
- (n) Kashou era (848.6.13-851.4.28)
- (n) Kashou era (1106.4.9-1108.8.3)
- (n) semblance; appearance
- (n) lower jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); lower burner