行あん脚ぎゃ

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行脚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

pilgrimage; walking pilgrimage

Buddhist term for a journey on foot to visit temples or sacred sites, often as a religious practice.

walking tour; traveling on foot

Extended secular use: traveling around on foot, often for study, training, or exploration. Can be used figuratively for a long journey or tour.

〈場ば所しょ〉を行あん脚ぎゃするto travel around <place> on foot (on a pilgrimage or tour)
その僧そうは全ぜん国こくの寺てらを行あん脚ぎゃした。
The monk traveled on foot around temples all over the country.
行あん脚ぎゃに出でるto set out on a (walking) pilgrimage or tour
若わかい修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうは行あん脚ぎゃに出でた。
The young monk in training set out on his pilgrimage.
〈事こと〉の行あん脚ぎゃa tour or campaign for the purpose of <something> (e.g. study, promotion)
彼かれは選せん挙きょのために各かく地ちを行あん脚ぎゃした。
He toured around the country on foot for his election campaign.

巡じゅん礼れい sense 1
巡礼 is the general word for a pilgrimage regardless of mode of travel, while 行脚 specifically implies traveling on foot, often as ascetic practice.
旅たびN3sense 2
旅 is the everyday word for any trip or journey, while 行脚 suggests a longer, more arduous journey on foot with a specific purpose like training or pilgrimage.
遍へん歴れき sense 2
遍歴 emphasizes having wandered through and experienced many places over time, whereas 行脚 focuses on the physical act of traveling on foot from place to place.

From Middle Chinese 行腳 (hæng kjak), literally 'walking feet', referring to a traveling monk. The reading あんぎゃ is the go-on reading of the characters.