Word Meaning 断行

だんぎょう dangyou

断行 is read as だんぎょう (dangyou) and means asceticism.

Meaning

English

asceticism
practices that eliminate afflictions

Reading

Kana

だんぎょう

Romaji

dangyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 64135 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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独断専行

どくだんせんこう

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority

専断横行

せんだんおうこう

prevalence of arbitrariness

熟慮断行

じゅくりょだんこう

being deliberate in council, and decisive in action

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

断念

だんねん

abandoning (hope, plans)

断る

ことわる

to ask leave

断定

だんてい

affirmative

断水

だんすい

suspension of water supply

断然

だんぜん

definitely (wrong, different, etc.)

断じて

だんじて

absolutely

断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断言

だんげん

assertion