文殊

Reading

Kana: もんじゅ

Romaji: monju

Definition

noun

1

Manjusri; Transcendent Wisdom

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

殊

Readings: シュ、 こと

Meanings: particularly, especially, exceptionally

Example Sentence

三(さん)人(にん)寄(よ)れば文殊(もんじゅ)の知恵(ちえ)って言(い)うだろ。みんなで考(かんが)えれば、いい案(あん)が浮(う)かぶかもしれないよ。

➥Let's all think on this together and we might be able to come up with some good ideas. They say two heads are better than one.