| Subject | English | Japanese |
| abbr. | exp a young monk outside the gate | 門前の小僧 (can read sutras he has never studied) |
| gen. | exp a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied | 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む |
| gen. | n artist-monk | 画僧 |
| gen. | n ascetic monk | 修行僧 |
| gen. | become a monk | 頭を丸める |
| rel., budd. | n vs becoming a monk | 得度 news2 nf44 |
| gen. | n biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures | 絵伝 |
| gen. | n boy monk | 弱僧 |
| gen. | n boy monk | 若僧 |
| gen. | Buddhist monk | 浮図 |
| pejor. | n yoji Buddhist monk | 乞食坊主 |
| gen. | Buddhist monk | 仏図 |
| gen. | Buddhist monk | 浮屠 |
| abbr. | Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine | 供僧 |
| gen. | Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine | 供奉僧 |
| gen. | n Buddhist monk who has attained Nirvana | 阿羅漢 |
| gen. | decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole | 月の輪 |
| abbr. | degenerate monk | 腥 |
| abbr. | degenerate monk | 生臭 |
| gen. | n yoji degenerate monk | 生臭坊主 |
| gen. | n depraved monk | 破戒僧 |
| gen. | n ex-emperor who becomes a monk | 法皇 |
| gen. | n female or male prostitute serving a monk | 坊主殺し |
| gen. | n ferocious armed monk | 荒法師 |
| gen. | n fine monk's robes worn by members of the imperial household, nobility, councilors councillors, etc. | 裘代 |
| rel., budd. | foolish monk | 凡僧 |
| gen. | n foolish monk | 愚僧 |
| obs. | n giving to a monk | 僧供 |
| gen. | n uk Hawaiian monk seal | ハワイモンク海豹 (Monachus schauinslandi) |
| rel., budd. | n head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo | 知客 (Zen) |
| rel., budd. | n hon high monk | 阿闍梨 abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils) |
| rel., budd. | High Monk | 菩薩 news1 nf20 (title bestowed by the imperial court) |
| gen. | n highly virtuous monk | 聖 |
| obs. | n Hinayana monk | 声聞僧 |
| gen. | home of a monk | 房 (ちゅうぼう) |
| gen. | n itinerant Buddhist monk | 山伏 news2 nf39 |
| obs. | n itinerant monk | 車僧 |
| rel., budd. | n itinerant monk | 行脚僧 |
| gen. | itinerant monk | 無東西 |
| gen. | n yoji itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands | 雲水行脚 |
| rel., budd. | n lead monk performing various tasks in a temple | 執行 ichi1 news1 nf05 (しっこう) |
| gen. | n loop-shaped monk's stole | 輪袈裟 |
| gen. | n low-ranking monk | 味噌擂り坊主 (tasked with doing kitchen chores) |
| gen. | n luring a monk into depredation | 坊主殺し |
| gen. | n uk Mediterranean monk seal | 地中海モンクアザラシ (Monachus monachus) |
| gen. | n uk Mediterranean monk seal | 地中海モンク海豹 (Monachus monachus) |
| obs. | n monk called upon to give a Buddhist service or lecture, etc. at the Imperial Court | 公請 |
| gen. | n yoji monk for three days | 三日ぼうず |
| gen. | n yoji monk for three days | 三日坊主 |
| gen. | monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters | 房室 |
| rel., budd. | n monk on a pilgrimage | 行脚僧 |
| gen. | n monk's allowed daily necessities | 百一物 (clothes, food, etc.) |
| gen. | n vs monk's "begging" | 托鉢 news2 nf44 |
| gen. | monk's dwelling | 坊 (まち) |
| rel., budd. | n monk's non-spiritual clothes | 作務衣 |
| gen. | n hon monk's quarters | 御坊 |
| gen. | n obsc monk's self-chosen pseudonym | 道号 |
| rel., budd. | monk's stole | 臥具 |
| rel., budd. | n monk's stole | 袈裟 news2 nf33 |
| rel., budd. | n monk's waist robe | 内衣 |
| obs. | monk's wife | 大黒 |
| rel., budd. | n monk's working clothes | 作務衣 |
| gen. | n uk monk seal | モンク海豹 (Monachus spp.) |
| rel., budd. | Heian era monk-soldiers | 衆徒 |
| gen. | n uk monk vulture | 黒禿鷲 |
| abbr. | n monk who attends to the principal image of a temple | 供僧 |
| gen. | n monk who attends to the principal image of a temple | 供奉僧 |
| rel., budd. | monk who conducts religious services | 阿闍梨 abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" |
| rel., budd. | n new monk | 新発 (or nun) |
| rel., budd. | n new monk | 新発意 (or nun) |
| obs. | n uk non-ordained Christian monk | 伊留満 ateji |
| obs. | n uk non-ordained Christian monk | 由婁漫 ateji |
| obs. | n uk non-ordained Christian monk | 入満 ateji |
| gen. | n officiating monk | 導師 |
| gen. | n person who donates to a monk or a temple | 檀越 |
| rel., budd. | n platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants | 礼盤 |
| gen. | n hon priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court | 禅師 |
| shinto. | pun in Buddhist monk jargon | 神主 ichi1 news2 nf38 (かんぬし) |
| hist.fig. | Raiyu, Kamakura period Shingon monk, secular фамил. was Habukawa | 頼瑜 (1226-1304) |
| gen. | n obsc road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso | 暗穴道 (685-762) |
| gen. | n obsc road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso | 闇穴道 (685-762) |
| rel., budd. | n seat of a high monk | 獅子の座 |
| rel., budd. | seat of a high monk | 獅子座 |
| gen. | n silly monk | 愚僧 |
| proverb | exp The cowl does not make the monk | 衣許りで和尚は出来ぬ |
| proverb | exp The cowl does not make the monk | 衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ |
| gen. | n trainee monk | 修行僧 |
| gen. | n travelling monk | 巡回僧 (RPG term) |
| gen. | n-suf used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time | 寂 |
| gen. | n wandering monk | 雲水 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | n warrior monk | 僧兵 |
| gen. | n wife of a monk | 道念 |
| gen. | n young monk | 弱僧 |
| gen. | n young monk | 若僧 |
| gen. | n obsc Zen monk | 禅坊主 |
| gen. | n Zen monk's early morning meal | 点心 |
| gen. | Zen monk's quarters | 禅室 |
| obs. | n Zen monk's waistcoat | 掛羅 (a short, informal kasaya) |
| obs. | n Zen monk's waistcoat | 掛落 (a short, informal kasaya) |
| obs. | n Zen monk's waistcoat | 掛絡 (a short, informal kasaya) |