どうぎょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of どうぎょう – see the following entries.
【道行】
[noun] (Buddhism) practice of Buddhism, especially by monks
[proper noun] (historical) a monk, purportedly a native of 新羅 (Shiragi, “Silla”) who attempted to escape with the 草薙剣 (Kusanagi no Tsurugi, literally “grasscutting sword”), but was returned due to a rainstorm [early 14th–mid 14th c., attested in The Tale of the Heike]
【同業】
[noun] the same trade or business
(This term, どうぎょう (dōgyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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