Hermit - Inshi

Japanese: 隠士 - いんし
Hermit - Inshi
〘Noun〙 (also "inji") A person who has cut off contact with the secular world and lives alone. Also, a person who has that kind of lifestyle. A hermit. ※Suga Ka Bunso (around 900) vol. 2, Katakumo "A woodcutter and a lover attained enlightenment. A hermit eventually learned of his family ." ※Toseki Kiko (around 1242) from Koritsu, Sha Kaeri "Long ago, there was a hermit who lived in a hermitage at the foot of Mount Koromine." ※Shogenjiko Setsuyoshu (1717) vol. 4, "Hermit Inji"

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「いんじ」とも) 俗世間との交渉を断って、ひとり暮らす人。また、そういう生活態度の人。隠者。※菅家文草(900頃)二・片雲「樵夫披得道。隠士遂知家」※東関紀行(1242頃)興律より車返「昔、香炉峰の麓に庵をしむる隠士あり」※書言字考節用集(1717)四「隠士 ヰンジ」

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