和英辞書

聖

noun

(honorific) the emperor / a sage / a very virtuous or godly person; a saint / a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment

聖は我が国の象徴です。

The emperor is the symbol of our country.

意味（1）

(honorific) the emperor

意味（2）

a sage

意味（3）

a very virtuous or godly person; a saint

意味（4）

a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment

意味（5）

an expert; someone distinguished in their field

意味（6）

a virtuous or high-ranking Buddhist priest or monk

意味（7）

a Buddhist priest or monk in general

意味（8）

a monk who has adopted an itinerant lifestyle for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment, supporting themselves by gathering alms and food contributions; by extension, an itinerant preacher monk from Mount Kōya

意味（9）

(euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu, “refined sake”)

意味（10）

a textile peddler (from the resemblance to itinerant 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri) Buddhist preachers who would carry everything on their backs)