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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

修しゅ行ぎょう

shugyou

to train, to practise

修行 is usually read しゅぎょう; 修業 is a separate word read しゅうぎょう. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしね、ベーグル屋やさんになりたくて、３年間ねんかんベーグル屋やに修行しゅぎょうに行いってたの。楽たのしかった。

    I wanted to become a bagel maker so I took three years of training for it. It was fun.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 厳きびしい修行しゅぎょうに励はげんだ。

    We were training hard.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 悩なやみながらも能楽師のうがくしを目指めざして修行しゅぎょう中ちゅう。

    He trains himself for Nohgakushi even though he has other things to worry about.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 修行

  • 修discipline; conduct oneself wellOnシュウ・シュKunおさめる・おさまる
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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