牧師

• 読み: ぼくし
• ローマ字: bokushi
• 漢字の分解: 牧 (boku) — herd, shepherd, pastor; 師 (shi) — master, teacher, expert
• 発音: /bo.kɯ.ɕi/

意味

Pastor; minister; clergyman. A Christian religious leader who heads a Protestant congregation.

A noun specifically referring to ordained clergy in Protestant Christianity: 牧師になる (become a pastor), 牧師の説教 (the pastor's sermon). Distinguished from 神父 (shinpu, Catholic priest) and 僧侶 (sōryo, Buddhist monk). In Japan, where Christians are a small minority, the word appears primarily in discussions of foreign cultures, literature, and historical contexts.

例文

1. 教会の牧師が結婚式を執り行った。
2. 彼は大学卒業後に牧師になる決意をした。
3. 牧師の話に参列者は静かに耳を傾けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: religion, literature, ceremonies

トーン: respectful

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 牧 (boku, herd/shepherd) + 師 (shi, master/teacher). The kanji 牧 originally meant shepherding, reflecting the Christian metaphor of the pastor as shepherd of the flock.

文化的背景

時代: Pre-modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal