西行

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
西 行
さい
Grade: 2 		ぎょう
Grade: 2
goon

/sai ɡʲau/ → /saiɡʲɔː/ → /saiɡʲoː/

Literally "western journey", in reference to the Amitābha Buddha and 西方浄土 (Saihō Jōdo, “western paradise”) in Pure Land Buddhism.

Proper noun

西(さい)行(ぎょう) • (Saigyō) ←さいぎやう (Saigyau)?

  1. late Heian- to early Kamakura-period poet and Buddhist priest
    Synonym: 円位 (En'i)
    • 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 15, poem 929 by priest ; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 86)
      嘆(なげ)けとて月(つき)やはものを思(おも)はするかこち顔(がほ)なるわが涙(なみだ)かな
      nageke tote tsuki ya wa mono o omowasuru kakochi-gao naru waga namida kana
      As if telling me to grieve, the moon―is it she that makes me melancholy? My troubled face, ah, my tears![1]
Derived terms
Derived terms

Noun

西(さい)行(ぎょう) • (saigyō) ←さいぎやう (saigyau)?

  1. traveling in every direction; also, such a traveler
    from Saigyō's travels throughout every province of Japan
  2. (women's speech) any snail with a small spiral shell
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  4. Short for 西行桜 (Saigyō-zakura): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
西 行
せい
Grade: 2 		こう
Grade: 2
kan'on

/sei kau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

From Middle Chinese 西行 (MC sej haeng). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

西(せい)行(こう) • (seikō) ←せいかう (seikau)?

  1. heading in a westward direction

Verb

西(せい)行(こう)する • (seikō suru) ←せいかう (seikau)?suru (stem 西(せい)行(こう)し (seikō shi), past 西(せい)行(こう)した (seikō shita))

  1. to go westward
Conjugation
Conjugation of "西行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 西行し せいこうし seikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 西行し せいこうし seikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 西行する せいこうする seikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 西行する せいこうする seikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 西行すれ せいこうすれ seikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 西行せよ¹
西行しろ² 		せいこうせよ¹
せいこうしろ² 		seikō seyo¹
seikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 西行される せいこうされる seikō sareru
Causative 西行させる
西行さす 		せいこうさせる
せいこうさす 		seikō saseru
seikō sasu
Potential 西行できる せいこうできる seikō dekiru
Volitional 西行しよう せいこうしよう seikō shiyō
Negative 西行しない せいこうしない seikō shinai
Negative continuative 西行せず せいこうせず seikō sezu
Formal 西行します せいこうします seikō shimasu
Perfective 西行した せいこうした seikō shita
Conjunctive 西行して せいこうして seikō shite
Hypothetical conditional 西行すれば せいこうすれば seikō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Eishi Kikkawa (1997) Leonard C. Holvik, transl., Osamu Yamaguchi, editor, History of koto music and ziuta, Mita Press, original from the University of Michigan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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