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精しょう進じん
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. concentration; diligence; devotion
2. asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment
3. adherence to a vegetarian diet
Kanji used
精spirit (of life)進advance
Pitch accent
しょうじん
Used in vocabulary
精しょう進じん料りょう理り
vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks
Noun
精しょう進じん揚あげ
vegetable tempura
Noun
精しょう進じん落おち
first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence
Noun
刻こっ苦く精しょう進じん
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
Noun
勇ゆう猛もう精しょう進じん
engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit
Noun
精しょう進じん落おとし
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
Noun
精しょう進じん物もの
vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)
Noun
一いっ生しょう精しょう進じん
striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life
Expression
精しょう進じんうなぎ
tofu-based mock eel dish
Noun
正しょう精しょう進じん
correct effort
Noun
しょうじんがに
cleft-fronted bait crab (Guinusia dentipes); shore crab
Noun
Examples1
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.