roshi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of roshi
< Japn rōshi
Example Sentences
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She goes by the Japanese honorific roshi, or teacher, and has made annual trips to Nepal and Tibet for thirty-five years.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015
As each person enters the zendo, he bows to the platform that holds the Buddha, burning incense, the roshi and Zen priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a Japanese roshi, or Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki, 65, who gives guidance in meditation.
From Time Magazine Archive
A typical day's routine continues with work in either the monastery's gardens or on new facilities, more meditation and services, and a lecture and counseling by the roshi, until bedtime at 10 p.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1950 Ruth Sasaki returned to Kyoto, where she rented a small house built for a retired roshi on the site of what had been the Ryosen-An branch of the Daitokuji Temple.
From Time Magazine Archive
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