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潜行

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 潛行 (“to move under water; to move stealthily; to sneak”).
(This term is the simplified form of 潛行).
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: S
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
潛行 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せん)(こう) (senkōせんかう (senkau)?

  1. traveling underwater
  2. traveling secretly
    Synonym: 微行 (bikō)
  3. working secretly, undercover activity

Derived terms

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Verb

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(せん)(こう)する (senkō suruせんかう (senkau)?intransitive suru (stem (せん)(こう) (senkō shi), past (せん)(こう)した (senkō shita))

  1. to travel underwater
  2. to travel secretly
    Synonym: 微行する (bikō suru)
    • 2002, 菊池道人, 北条氏康: 信玄・謙信と覇を競った関東の雄, PHP文庫, page 167:
      ()(いん)(まぎ)れ、(そば)(みち)(せん)(こう)(やま)(かげ)()(かく)していた(てき)(べつ)(どう)(たい)()づかなかったのである。
      Yain ni magire, sobamichi o senkō shi, yamakage ni mi o kakushite ita teki no betsudōtai ni kizukanakatta no de aru.
      They had not noticed the enemy detachment that had traveled furtively down the dangerous mountain path under cover of night and had hidden themselves in the mountain shadows.
  3. to work secretly, to act undercover

Conjugation

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