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shugenja

shugenja noun: a practitioner of Shugendō.

Noun

shugenja (plural shugenja or shugenjas)

  1. A practitioner of Shugendō.
    • Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life. Fire danced, arching higher above the street. It pulsed with the sound of the shugenjas’ voices.2000, Ree Soesbee, “Armies on the March”, in The Crane (Legend of the Five Rings), Renton, Wash.: Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 96
    • But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing.2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 18, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 211

Forms of shugenja

pluralshugenja
pluralshugenjas

Origin of shugenja

From Japanese 修験者 (shugenja).

Questions about shugenja

What does shugenja mean?
Shugenja means a practitioner of Shugendō.
What part of speech is shugenja?
Shugenja is a noun.
What is the plural of shugenja?
The plural of shugenja is shugenja.

Words near shugenja in the dictionary

  1. Shugars
  2. Shugarses
  3. Shugart
  4. Shugarts
  5. Shugborough
  6. shugenja
  7. shugenjas
  8. shugga
  9. shugged
  10. shugging
  11. shuggle

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