"仙人" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 仙人 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (にん)), sennin [romanization]
Etymology: From sen (仙, supernatural being, hermit) + nin (人, human being). Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんにん}} 仙(せん)人(にん) • (sennin)
  1. (Taoism) immortal mountain fairy or wizard. Categories (topical): Taoism
    Sense id: en-仙人-ja-noun-8MTvZTqT
  2. hermit, unworldly person, mountain man.
    Sense id: en-仙人-ja-noun-EzW4o6Rp Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 77 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 76 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 75 21
  3. one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men.
    Sense id: en-仙人-ja-noun-vjcvySWt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 隠者 (inja) (ruby: 隠者(いんじゃ)), 聖人 (seijin) (ruby: 聖人(せいじん)), 神人 (jinin) (ruby: 神人(じにん))

Alternative forms

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