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閑居 (かんきょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
quiet and secluded life ; quiet retreat ; idle life away from the world
Literary term for a life of retirement or seclusion, often with a nuance of peaceful idleness. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to live in quiet retirement'.
きょ
し
て
から
は
、
ずっと
閑かん
居きょ
の
日ひ
々び
を
送おく
っ
て
いる
。
Since retiring, he has been spending his days in quiet seclusion.
Similar words 隠いん 居きょ 隠居 refers more concretely to retirement from active life or a retired person, while 閑居 emphasizes the quiet, idle lifestyle itself.
静せい 養よう 静養 is rest or recuperation, often for health, whereas 閑居 is a chosen lifestyle of seclusion and idleness.
Etymology Compound of 閑 (kan, 'quiet, leisure') and 居 (kyo, 'reside, living'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in literary Japanese to denote a life of quiet retirement.
