Chinese
比丘尼 [bǐqiūní]
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
Japanese
noun
- bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
- travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods)
- lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)
- female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
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