山籠り

English translation: spiritual retreat to the mountains (yamagomori)

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Japanese term or phrase:山籠り
English translation:spiritual retreat to the mountains (yamagomori)
Entered by: bistefano

10:04 Jun 18, 2004
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Religion
Japanese term or phrase: 山籠り
My father-in-law will be doing this soon. I looked it up to get the general meaning, but was wondering if there was a special term for this in English.
sean
spiritual retreat to the mountains
Explanation:
Have alook at these :

Other Players
... One time he was sent on a yamagomori ( spirtual retreat to the mountains). He is pictured above training ...
more hits from: http://home.cwru.edu/~jel16/other.htm - 4 KB

Terminology
... Mountain warrior. Yamagomori. Retreat to the mountains. ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/glossary.html - 40 KB

Ohtsuka Amateur Karate Foundation
... Mountain warrior. Yamagomori. Retreat to the mountains. ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/home_glossary.htm - 64 KB

The Yamagomori Page
Yamagomori: Mountain Retreats ... Yamagomori translates to "trip to the mountains", and that is exactly what it is. Yamagomori were the ancient retreats to the mountains ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/yamagomo.html - 2 KB

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bistefano
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4 +3spiritual retreat to the mountains
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山籠り
spiritual retreat to the mountains


Explanation:
Have alook at these :

Other Players
... One time he was sent on a yamagomori ( spirtual retreat to the mountains). He is pictured above training ...
more hits from: http://home.cwru.edu/~jel16/other.htm - 4 KB

Terminology
... Mountain warrior. Yamagomori. Retreat to the mountains. ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/glossary.html - 40 KB

Ohtsuka Amateur Karate Foundation
... Mountain warrior. Yamagomori. Retreat to the mountains. ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/home_glossary.htm - 64 KB

The Yamagomori Page
Yamagomori: Mountain Retreats ... Yamagomori translates to "trip to the mountains", and that is exactly what it is. Yamagomori were the ancient retreats to the mountains ...
more hits from: http://www.akfkarate.com/yamagomo.html - 2 KB



bistefano
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andreas Yan: Right,spiritual retreat in the mountains
13 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Daniel Mencher
2 hrs
  -> Thanks

neutral  Mike Maynerich: It's based on Japanese customs/religion so you can even leave it in Japanese.
6 hrs
  -> Sure, but in that case you'd have to put a note of explanation - it a virtually unknown term outside of japan !

agree  Akihiro Yamada
22 hrs
  -> ありがとう
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