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- 1〔宗教的な修行をすること〕 ⇒しゅぎょう(修行)religious asceticism
- 精進に務める
- practice asceticism (and devote oneself to religion)
- 2〔肉食をしないこと〕abstinence from fish and meat; a vegetarian diet
精進する abstain from fish and meat; live on a vegetarian diet
- II〔熱心に努力すること〕earnest application;〔専心〕devotion ((to))
- 彼は学問に精進した
- He devoted [applied] himself to his studies.
- 精進揚げdeep-fried vegetables
- 精進明け[落ち]the end of a period of abstinence (from fish and meat)
- 精進落としproviding [having] a meal at the end of a funeral
- 精進日a day of abstinence
- 精進料理vegetarian cooking [cuisine]