武む者しゃ修しゅ業ぎょう

noun

samurai training journey; knight errantry

Historical term for a warrior's travels to hone martial skills and gain experience, often associated with the Edo period or earlier. The concept is similar to European knight errantry.

• 若わかい武ぶ士しは武む者しゃ修しゅ業ぎょうの旅たびに出でた。

  The young samurai set out on a training journey.

• 彼かれは武む者しゃ修しゅ業ぎょうで諸しょ国こくを巡めぐり、剣けんの腕うでを磨みがいた。

  He traveled the provinces on a warrior's pilgrimage, refining his swordsmanship.