西行

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
西
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)(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 [Saigyō]; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 86)
      (なげ)けとて(つき)やはものを(おも)はするかこち(がほ)なるわが(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

Noun

西(さい)(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
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

  • (Tokyo) ーこー [sèékóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

西(せい)(こう) • (seikō) せいかう (seikau)?

  1. heading in a westward direction

Verb

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

  1. to go westward
Conjugation

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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