修行

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

修行

  1. to cultivate one's spiritual virtues; to train oneself; to work at self-improvement
  2. (religion) to practise Buddhism or Taoism; specifically, a sadhana of either one

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (修行):

Further reading

Japanese

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

Noun

修(しゅ)行(ぎょう) or 修行(すぎょう) • (shugyō or sugyō) 

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

Verb

修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)する or 修行(すぎょう)する • (shugyō suru or sugyō suru) suru (stem 修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)し (shugyō shi), past 修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)した (shugyō shita))

  1. to train
  2. (Buddhism) to undergo ascetic training

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
修行

Noun

修行 • (suhaeng) (hangeul 수행)

  1. hanja form? of 수행 (“sadhana”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
修行

Noun

修行

  1. chữ Hán form of tu hành (“to undergo ascetic training”).
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