西行

Japanese

/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.

西行 (hiragana さいぎょう, rōmaji Saigyō, historical hiragana さいぎやう)

late Heian- to early Kamakura-period monk and poet
- 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 15, poem 929 by the monk En'i (Saigyō); 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]

西行 (hiragana さいぎょう, rōmaji saigyō, historical hiragana さいぎやう)

traveling in every direction; also, such a traveler
from Saigyō's travels throughout every province of Japan
(women's speech) any snail with a small spiral shell
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/sei kau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

From Middle Chinese 西行 (MC sei ɦˠæŋ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーこー [sèékóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

西行 (hiragana せいこう, rōmaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

西行する (hiragana せいこうする, rōmaji seikō suru, historical hiragana せいかうする)

Conjugation of "西行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	西行し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Continuative (連用形)	西行し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Terminal (終止形)	西行する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Attributive (連体形)	西行する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	西行すれ	せいこうすれ	seikō sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

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
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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