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修行

修行

Chinese

 
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(修行)

Noun

修行

  1. cultivation of one's spiritual virtues
  2. practice of Buddhism or Taoism

Verb

修行

  1. to cultivate one's spiritual virtues
  2. to practise Buddhism or Taoism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 5
ぎょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

修行 (hiragana しゅぎょう, romaji shugyō)

  1. training
     (きび)しい修行 (しゅぎょう) (はげ)んだ。
    Kibishii shugyō ni hagenda.
    We were training hard.
  2. (Buddhism) ascetic practices

Verb

修行する (hiragana しゅぎょうする, romaji shugyō suru)

  1. train
  2. (Buddhism) undergo ascetic training

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.