冬ふゆ安あん居ご

noun

winter retreat

Buddhist term for a period of intensive practice during winter, analogous to the summer retreat (夏安居).

See also: 夏安居

• 禅ぜん寺でらでは冬ふゆ安あん居ごが始はじまると、修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうたちは外そとに出でずに坐ざ禅ぜんに専せん念ねんする。

  When the winter retreat begins at the Zen temple, the monks devote themselves to zazen without going outside.