Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
ぎょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology edit

Literally “two persons on the same journey”. That is, the pilgrim walks alongside 弘法大師 (Kōbō Daishi).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーぎょーににん [dòógyóó níꜜnìǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːɡʲo̞ː ɲ̟iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Phrase edit

(どう)(ぎょう)()(にん) (dōgyō nininどうぎやうににん (dougyauninin)?

  1. (Buddhism) a phrase written on walking sticks, hats, and other implements of pilgrims walking along the 四国巡礼 (Shikoku Junrei, Shikoku pilgrimage)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN