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    3. 忌

    忌

    忌い.む

    mourning

    N1KMT9Freq #1882Core ConceptsKanji7 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    い.むい.みい.まわしい

    On'yomi

    キ

    Nanori

    いまわ

    mourningabhordetestabledeath anniversary

    己心

    己
    已
    心

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    志忍忘忽忠念忿応已忽志心忍

    Alternative forms of this concept

    忄
    ⺗

    Concepts using this kanji

    回忌

    death anniversary

    一周忌

    first anniversary of a person's death

    忌避

    evasion

    七回忌

    sixth anniversary of a death

    禁忌

    taboo

    三回忌

    second anniversary of a death

    一年忌

    first anniversary of a person's death

    十三回忌

    12th anniversary of one's death

    三十三回忌

    32nd anniversary of death

    十七回忌

    16th anniversary of one's death

    七年忌

    seventh anniversary of a death

    一回忌

    first anniversary of a person's death

    文学忌

    death anniversary (of a writer, poet, etc.; oft. given a relevant name)

    三周忌

    second anniversary of a death

    忌中

    mourning period

    忌日

    anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed)

    忌み日

    unlucky day (according to astrology)

    年忌

    death anniversary

    子規忌

    anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19)

    忌み言葉

    taboo word

    国忌

    anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress

    忌み子

    unwanted child

    子忌み

    collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)

    忌引

    absence from work or school due to mourning

    配合禁忌

    incompatibility (of drugs)

    忌明け

    end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)

    忌が明ける

    to come out of mourning

    裁判官忌避

    challenging a judge

    物忌み

    purification through fasting and abstinence

    時雨忌

    Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

    兵役忌避

    draft evasion

    忌まわしい

    abhorrent

    忌み数

    unlucky number

    大祥忌

    second anniversary of a person's death

    周忌

    death anniversary

    徴兵忌避者

    draft dodger

    小祥忌

    first anniversary of a person's death

    忌引休暇

    condolence leave

    徴兵忌避

    draft evasion

    憂国忌

    anniversary of Yukio Mishima's death (November 25)

    忌服

    mourning

    服忌

    mourning

    寒忌竹

    centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum)

    避忌

    evasion

    遠忌

    anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier

    幽回忌

    memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death

    節忌

    religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat

    達磨忌

    ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

    嫌忌

    dislike

    忌み嫌う

    to detest

    忌寸

    Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)

    桜桃忌

    anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide

    忌み

    mourning

    忌む

    to avoid

    忌々しい

    annoying

    忌むべき

    abominable

    忌

    mourning

    厭忌

    hatred

    忌諱に触れる

    to give offense

    忌み箸

    things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

    猜忌

    jealousy

    仏涅槃忌

    Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

    忌憚

    reserve

    忌憚のない

    unrestrained

    忌諱

    displeasure

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    • 己
    • 已
    • 心

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    • 一回忌
    • 一周忌
    • 回忌
    • 禁忌
    • 忌まわしい
    • 忌み
    • 忌む
    • 忌中
    • 忌日
    • 忌避
    • 忌憚
    • 忌諱
    • 忌み日
    • 七回忌
    • 七年忌
    • 周忌
    • 年忌
    • 兵役忌避
    • 忌々しい
    • 忌み言葉
    • 嫌忌
    • 物忌み
    • 配合禁忌
    • 徴兵忌避
    • 徴兵忌避者
    • 裁判官忌避
    • 達磨忌
    • 忌引
    • 忌明け
    • 三回忌
    • 忌み嫌う
    • 忌むべき
    • 忌が明ける
    • 忌服
    • 遠忌
    • 子忌み
    • 桜桃忌
    • 服忌
    • 忌寸
    • 忌
    • 忌引休暇
    • 忌み箸
    • 忌憚のない
    • 子規忌
    • 時雨忌
    • 仏涅槃忌
    • 幽回忌
    • 三十三回忌
    • 十三回忌
    • 十七回忌
    • 国忌
    • 寒忌竹
    • 忌み数
    • 忌み子
    • 厭忌
    • 三周忌
    • 一年忌
    • 小祥忌
    • 大祥忌
    • 節忌
    • 避忌
    • 文学忌
    • 忌諱に触れる
    • 猜忌
    • 憂国忌

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    • 心

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