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精進物 (しょうじんもの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Shōjinmono is made without using meat or fish.
I had vegetarian food at the temple.
Kanji 進 advance, proceed, progress Related words 精しょう 進じん 料りょう 理り 精進料理 is the more common term for Buddhist vegetarian cuisine as a whole, while 精進物 refers specifically to the food items or dishes themselves.
生なま 臭ぐさ 物もの Antonym; refers to meat, fish, or other foods forbidden in Buddhist vegetarianism.
Written forms 精進物
しょうじんもの
Standard kanji spelling.
精進もの
Etymology From 精進 (shōjin, 'devotion' or 'abstinence' in a Buddhist context) + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading そうじもの is an older, now obsolete variant.
そうじもの
