挙きょ

noun

action; move; behavior

Bound noun used in compounds and set phrases to refer to a person's actions, conduct, or a move in a game. Not used as a standalone word in modern Japanese.

• 彼かれの挙きょ動どうは不ふ審しんだった。

  His behavior was suspicious.

• 将しょう棋ぎで次つぎの一いっ手てを「挙きょ」と呼よぶことがある。

  In shogi, the next move is sometimes called 挙.

noun

recommendation (of a person)

Archaic noun meaning recommendation, especially for a position. Now mainly seen in the compound 推挙.

See also: 推挙

• 「推すい挙きょ」の「挙きょ」は、人ひとを推すい薦せんする意い味みを表あらわす。

  The 挙 in 推挙 expresses the meaning of recommending a person.