さいぎょう

See also: さいきょう and ざいきょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さいぎょう – see the following entry.

【西行】

[proper noun] late Heian- to early Kamakura-period poet and Buddhist priest

[noun] traveling in every direction; also, such a traveler

[noun] (women's speech) any snail with a small spiral shell

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

(This term, さいぎょう, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)