精進日

しょうじんび

day of abstinence

精進物

しょうじんもの そうじもの しょうじんもの、そうじもの

vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)

正精進

しょうしょうじん

correct effort

精進料理

しょうじんりょうり

vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks

精進揚げ

しょうじんあげ

vegetable tempura

精進落ち

しょうじんおち

first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

精進潔斎

しょうじんけっさい

purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

勇猛精進

ゆうみょうしょうじん ゆうもうしょうじん

engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit

克己精進

こっきしょうじん

self-control and close application, self-denial and diligent devotion

一生精進

いっしょうしょうじん

striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life

刻苦精進

こっくしょうじん

being arduous, working diligently enduring hardships, making a strenuous effort

精進落とし

しょうじんおとし

allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining

精進うなぎ

しょうじんうなぎ

tofu-based mock eel dish

進取の精神

しんしゅのせいしん

progressive (enterprising) spirit

精

せい

spirit, sprite, nymph

２進-５進

にしんごしん

biquinary

２進−５進

にしんごしん

biquinary

精習

せいしゅう

(careful, diligent, intensive) practice or exercises

搗精

とうせい

rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)