滝行

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 滝行 is read as たきぎょう and is a noun for an ascetic practice performed while standing under falling water.
• Basic usage: Undertaking the practice appears in 滝行に臨む, while its background appears in 滝行の歴史.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Practice and recreation
  • The word denotes an ascetic practice, not simply standing under a waterfall for recreation.
• Relation to 修行
  • 修行 is ascetic or disciplined training in general; 滝行 is the specific form conducted under a waterfall.