Interjection (kandoushi)exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen) · scolding or threatening with a shout

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

Nounannouncing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer · noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbextortion; shakedown

Nounmeal announcer (at a Zen monastery)