表層形
比丘尼
ビクニ
名詞
比丘尼 (ビクニ)
Bikuni · びくに — bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)
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比丘尼 in rōmaji: bikuni.
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Updated: 2026年8月4日
📖 Grammar Information
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比丘尼
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
比丘尼-bhiksuni
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| 読み (Reading) |
ビクニ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
比丘尼
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| 読み・基本形 |
ビクニ
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| 表記・基本形 |
比丘尼
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| 見出し語の読み |
ビクニ
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💡 English Meaning
比丘尼 means “bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)” — full definition & examples →
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ビクニ
Lemma: 比丘尼-bhiksuni
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The surface form (比丘尼) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (比丘尼-bhiksuni) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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