Seijin

聖人 (Seijin) is a Japanese noun meaning “saint, wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism), great religious teacher, sage”.

Meanings

  1. nounsaint
  2. nounwise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sageorig. meaning
  3. nounrefined sake

Examples

  • I don't like his holier-than-thou attitude.

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Kanji in 聖人

holyperson

Related words

personhuman beingoffenderone person(one's) lifehehusbandtwo personsaloneadultyour husbandthe person in question