居士

Reading

Kana: こじ

Romaji: koji

Definitions

noun

1

grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

(Buddhist term)

See also: 大姉 (reading だいし)

2

private-sector scholar

Kanji

居

Readings: キョ、 コ、 い.る、 -い、 お.る

Meanings: reside, to be, exist, live with

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

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

Example Sentences

一言居士(いちげんこじ)。

➥You have something to say about everything, don't you?

また、お説教(せっきょう)が始(はじ)まった。一言居士(いちげんこじ)の面目(めんぼく)躍如(やくじょ)というところだね。

➥Uh-oh here comes another lecture. How typical. This guy has something to say about everything.