Load of the Shugyo (definition)

[Andali]

I thought you guys might find this interesting:

First, the olden day...

Shugyo (修行) may be defined literally as "conducting oneself in a way that inspires mastery". While the meaning of the kanji used in "shu" was originally translated as 'using a brush to strike away the dust that obscures the viewing of a persons original elegance', the combined kanji of "shu" and "gyo" (carrying out, walking along) is now generally translated as simply "severe or austere training". The kanji rendered for this version of "shugyo" is most commonly associated with Buddhist asceticism, and most notably, the "shugenja" (修験者, ascetic mountain-dwelling monks).

http://www.tsuki-kage.com/shugyo.html

Then in Modern Day...

The term shugyo means pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training and discipline, etc. It is, I believe, a shortened version of the term "shugyosha" which means practitioner of (Buddhist) austerities. However, I have also herd the word shugyosha used to refer to someone who is a serious student of the way of the sword.

I don't think the term "shugyo" has any Buddhist connotations these days, although it may have had some such in the past. Nor is the term constrained to a martial context; people can undergo "shugyo" in things like flower arranging and tea ceremony.

"Shugyo" can actually be written in two different ways to mean two different things. The first is the "normal" way that people usually see "shugyo" defined as. In this context, "shu" basically means "discipline" or "study" and "gyo" basically means "the arts" and basically means something akin to a disciplined study of the arts.

The second way to write it has the second character "gyo" as the same character in the verb "to go" (iku) and refers to the act of travelling to different "masters" to study under them for some periods of time. I guess the closest one may come these days in aikido of this kind of "shugyo" is by going to seminars or to many different dojo.

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/archiv...php/t-167.html

So basically, it sounds like Ayu is defining herself as the 'Shugyo' and talking about her 'load'/burden, etc. This is mind, maybe it could be a song after all. It makes me happier to know the meaning of the title, coz I was thinking Shugyo was like a word poo or something and was like, 'what? Ayu can't swear' lol. Forgive me if some of you already knew the meaning of the word.

What are your thoughts?

[dreamland2.0]

Hey thanks! I was wondering what it was too
It does sound like it would be a full song...
it will surely have interesting lyrics won't it
it is the burden of the master
interesting

[se7entheaven]

I think it's an interlude to Days

[RikkuChii]

Yeah, this was the first song that caught my attention.

I don't really know what to say about it, though..

[pommy48]

i imagine it as like a mid-rock interlude like the flight of the valkyries!

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

I think it's an interlude to Days

Except it's five songs before Days :3....

[AyUta]

Huh, interesting.

[Sundae]

The second I saw that title I went and asked my friend what that word meant and basically it means "a period of intense training". Pretty much what you have up there except in a smaller phrase. So the title means " a whole lot of hard work". Interesting. It comes right after GREEN and before identity.

[HELVENEUE]

im gonna laugh if you guys are trying to find some meaning to it
but its only called that because the person who worked on it
is named shugyo, hah
(is shugyo a name?)

[panda♥]

i posted something similar in the NL tracklist thread but everyone trampled over it. lol

[Luther10]

I think it's a song, oriental/rock ballad...

[taskinillusion]

That would makes sense if it were an interlude!

[darkcarousel]

I think it's an outro to GREEN, since it gives off that traditional Chinese/Japanese feeling.

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by Luther10

I think it's a song, oriental/rock ballad...

I think the same. The more I read it, it becomes more oriental. Plus being after GREEN I think the chances are high

It would be great to have another experimental oriental/ballad song like GREEN on the album ^_^

[mcluva420]

thanks for the def. i thought Shugyo was a persons name xD

[kirei_ayumi]

I wonder what this was too
thanks for sharing!
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maybe in the song ayu will express what she has learned throughout 10 years =P

[freedreamer]

Oo cool! thanks for the thread

[vampireknightzero]

Interesting title..thanks for this!

[mellody]

As for me, it's an interlude to identity..
Outro for GREEN..

But, not many of her interludes having a long name, and also bilingual~ LOL

[jbrat2219]

Thanks for the information