聖者|せいじゃseija[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounsaint
   その聖者せいじゃが埋葬まいそうされている聖堂せいどうを多おおくの人々ひとびとが訪おとずれた。↗

   Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.

• Synonym聖人せいじんWrittenWritten. A sage in the Confucian sense, embodying both virtue and wisdom, and also a canonized Christian saint; more common than 「聖者」.
• Synonym聖徒せいとWrittenWritten. Refers to Christians or disciples of Christ, with a strictly religious flavor; not used for Confucian sages.
• SynonymセントNeutralNeutral loanword meaning 'St.', mostly part of personal and place names like 「セント・ポール」; not used on its own for a saint.
• Related大師だいしFormalFormal honorific for a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk; in Japan often refers specifically to Kobo Daishi. Buddhist contexts only.
• Related上人しょうにんFormalFormal honorific for a high monk of learning and virtue, usually added after a dharma name, as in 「親鸞上人」.
• Related賢人けんじんNeutralNeutral. A wise, virtuous person, traditionally one step below a sage in virtue; carries no religious coloring.
• Related賢者けんじゃNeutralNeutral. A wise person; common in games and fantasy works, stressing intellect over virtue.
• Related哲人てつじんWrittenWritten. A philosopher or person of penetrating insight; stresses depth of thought.
• Related賢哲けんてつWrittenWritten but rare. A person of deep wisdom and sound judgment; stresses intellect rather than religious virtue.
• Related尊者そんじゃFormalFormal. A Buddhist honorific for arhats, patriarchs and the like; can also mean a person of high standing.
• Related大賢たいけんWrittenWritten but rare. An extremely wise person; intellectual, with no religious overtones.
• Related聖哲せいてつWrittenWritten but rare. A person outstanding in both wisdom and virtue who thoroughly understands principles.
• Related聖ひじりWrittenWritten, archaic. An honorific for highly virtuous monks or ascetics; also someone supremely skilled at a craft.
• Related聖人君子せいじんくんしWrittenWritten. Someone of flawless, near-perfect character; in speech often used ironically, as in 「聖人君子じゃない」.
• Antonym罪人つみびとNeutralNeutral. Someone who has sinned or done wrong; in religion the opposite of the holy, pure 「聖者」.
• Antonym凡夫ぼんぷNeutralNeutral. In Buddhism, a person bound by earthly desires and unenlightened — the opposite of the enlightened 「聖者」.

「聖者」 is the written-register word for a saint of perfect virtue in Buddhism or Christianity. For a Confucian sage use 「聖人」 (more common); 「聖徒」 for Christians; 「セント」 only inside names like 「セント・ポール」. Honor high monks with 「大師」 or 「上人」. For the wise, 「賢者」/「賢人」 stress intellect and 「哲人」 depth of thought; 「罪人」 and 「凡夫」 are opposites.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 聖人せいじん。
2. キリスト教きりすときょうで殉教者じゅんきょうしゃや特とくに優すぐれた信徒しんとのこと。