使徒

Reading

Kana: しと

Romaji: shito

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

apostle; disciple

Kanji

使

Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い

Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

徒

Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ

Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

Example Sentence

しかし、使徒(しと)たちはその危険(きけん)に気付(きづ)いた。

➥However the disciples awoke to that danger.