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jmdict 1399390 Active (id: 2307347)
壮行 [news1,nf24]
そうこう [news1,nf24]
1. [adj-f]
▶ (rousing) send-off
▶ farewell



History:
2. A 2024-07-27 21:04:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
壮行	164459	  
壮行会	117456	  
壮行試合	22025	  	  
壮行式	10873
壮行の	801
壮行は	20
壮行が	0
  Comments:
Not really a noun.
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
1. A* 2024-07-27 13:48:36  Peter Maydell <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijisen, Meikyo, gg5, progressive
  Comments:
Meikyo and Daijisen both define this as something like 旅立ちに際して、その前途を祝し激励すること , so "rousing" seems not to capture the meaning very well here. Progressive has an example of  選手たちに壮行の言葉を述べる = "make a rousing speech to send off the athletes" but clearly "send-off" is doing at least half of the work in that translation.

I have attempted to improve the gloss but am not super happy with what I came up with; feel free to tweak/improve.

This word is obscure enough that GG5 doesn't list it, only  壮行会 “farewell party”. It also appears in only 16 of jpdb's 6000+ books/other texts. (壮行会 is a bit more common.)
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>rousing</gloss>
+<gloss>(rousing) send-off</gloss>
+<gloss>farewell</gloss>

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