検校

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 5
ぎょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
檢校 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Noun

(けん)(ぎょう) (kengyō

  1. carefully examining and correcting matters; the work of doing so
  2. (in particular) the clerical oversight of religious establishments
  3. the head of an individual mountain temple or foundation
  4. the steward of a 荘園 (shōen, manor)
  5. an honorary court title given to highly skilled blind musicians
    Synonym: (murasaki)

Verb

(けん)(ぎょう)する (kengyō surusuru (stem (けん)(ぎょう) (kengyō shi), past (けん)(ぎょう)した (kengyō shita))

  1. to carefully examine and correct matters
  2. (in particular) to oversee a religious establishment