信士

Readings

Kana: しんじ、しんし

Romaji: shinji, shinshi

Definitions

noun

1

male lay devotee

(Buddhist term)

2

title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name

3

believer

Note: archaism

Kanji

信

Reading: シン

Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Example Sentence

船長(せんちょう)は無線(むせん)通信士(つうしんし)に遭難(そうなん)信号(しんごう)を打(う)つように命令(めいれい)した。

➥The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.