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    3. 礼

    礼

    礼レイ

    salute

    N3KMT8Freq #1185Culture & TraditionsKanji5 strokes

    On'yomi

    レイライ

    Nanori

    あやなりのりひろしれ

    salutebowceremonythanksremuneration

    礻乙

    礻
    示
    乙

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    Alternative forms of this concept

    礻

    Concepts using this kanji

    礼

    thanks

    謝礼

    reward

    礼儀

    manners

    儀礼

    courtesy

    礼拝

    worship (esp. Christian)

    洗礼

    baptism

    巡礼

    pilgrimage

    一礼

    one bow

    失礼します

    excuse me

    失礼しました

    my apologies

    婚礼

    marriage ceremony

    礼状

    acknowledgment

    失礼

    discourtesy

    答礼

    return of a courtesy

    朝礼

    morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.)

    礼金

    money (given as thanks)

    無礼

    rudeness

    儀礼的

    formal

    礼服

    formal dress

    典礼

    ceremony

    祭礼

    (religious) festival

    返礼

    return present

    礼賛

    praise

    お礼

    thanks

    三礼

    adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly

    大礼

    state ceremony (esp. an enthronement)

    年礼

    New Year's greetings

    非礼

    impoliteness

    礼事

    words of gratitude

    目礼

    nodding

    手礼

    hand motion indicating gratitude

    礼を言う

    to thank

    お先に失礼します

    pardon me for leaving (first)

    失礼千万

    extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

    前を失礼します

    excuse me (when passing in front of someone)

    礼部

    Ministry of Rites (Tang dynasty China)

    無礼者

    insolent fellow

    名礼

    label (e.g. in programming languages)

    挙手の礼

    hand salute

    無礼千万

    extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

    回礼

    going from door to door greeting relatives and friends (esp. at New Year)

    礼回り

    making the rounds to express thanks

    礼法

    etiquette

    礼式

    etiquette

    立礼

    bowing while standing

    女子割礼

    female genital cutting

    礼記

    The Book of Rites

    軍礼

    military honors

    立太子礼

    ceremony of installing a Crown Prince

    お礼参り

    visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks

    礼参り

    thanksgiving visit to a shrine

    失礼ながら

    with all due respect

    礼を失する

    to be impolite

    失礼をば

    my apologies

    失礼ですが

    excuse me, but ...

    礼物

    gift

    割礼を受ける

    to undergo circumcision

    大礼服

    court dress

    礼には及ばない

    it's nothing

    お礼には及びません

    it's nothing

    大喪の礼

    funeral service of a Japanese emperor

    退位の礼

    abdication ceremony

    割礼を施す

    to circumcise (someone)

    返礼品

    thank-you gift (given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.)

    礼儀作法

    etiquette

    終礼

    assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.)

    割礼

    (male) circumcision

    水葬礼

    burial at sea

    近しき中に礼儀有り

    good fences make good neighbors

    四国巡礼

    Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples)

    礼儀正しさ

    politeness

    礼儀正しい

    courteous

    室礼

    setting up a living or ceremonial space with furnishings, implements, etc. (Heian era)

    儀礼文化学会

    Society for Ritual Culture

    礼楽

    etiquette and music

    礼文草

    Oxytropis megalantha (species of locoweed)

    お礼の申し様

    expression of gratitude

    礼儀知らず

    rude

    座礼

    bowing while sitting

    終油礼

    extreme unction

    再洗礼派

    Anabaptist

    厚く礼を述べる

    to thank (a person) heartily

    洗礼者

    baptist

    無礼講

    no-holds-barred party

    礼紙

    paper for wrapping a letter

    洗礼名

    Christian name

    洗礼式

    baptismal ceremony

    西国巡礼

    pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region)

    喪中欠礼

    refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning

    再洗礼

    rebaptism

    三顧の礼

    showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)

    巡礼者

    pilgrim

    前官礼遇

    (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post

    儀礼兵

    guard of honor

    堅信礼

    (the Christian sacrament of) confirmation

    儀礼的無関心

    civil inattention

    厚礼

    heartfelt thanks

    夕礼

    evening assembly (company)

    通過儀礼

    rite of passage

    礼装

    formal dress

    即位の礼

    enthronement ceremony

    最敬礼

    a respectful bow

    欠礼

    failure to pay one's compliments

    三王礼拝

    Adoration of the Magi

    葬礼

    funeral

    謝礼金

    reward money

    失礼至極

    extremely rude

    二礼二拍一礼

    two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

    礼す

    to worship

    礼ははずむ

    to make it worth someone's while

    礼やか

    polite

    礼拝式

    religious service

    礼奉公

    free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

    お礼奉公

    free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

    満員御礼

    All Seats Sold, Thank You

    薬礼

    medical fee

    二礼二拍手一礼

    two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

    礼儀感覚

    sense of decorum

    再浸礼

    rebaptism by immersion

    婚礼の儀

    wedding ceremony

    礼典

    etiquette

    略礼装

    semiformal attire

    礼堂

    small building used for worship or sutra chanting (located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)

    礼拝所

    place of worship

    略礼服

    semiformal attire

    礼盤

    platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants

    昼礼

    afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)

    親しき仲にも礼儀あり

    good fences make good neighbors

    帰命頂礼

    most formal form of a prayer

    敬礼

    salute

    礼節

    decorum

    聖地巡礼

    pilgrimage to sacred places

    仁義礼智信

    the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

    礼砲

    (gun) salute

    礼を尽くす

    to accord someone every courtesy

    礼譲

    comity

    退位礼正殿の儀

    Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall

    洗礼堂

    baptistery

    克己復礼

    exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality

    己に克ち礼に復る

    act with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette

    洗礼盤

    baptismal font

    婚礼衣装

    wedding clothes

    幼児洗礼

    infant baptism

    衣食足りて礼節を知る

    well-fed, well-bred

    傲岸無礼

    arrogance

    頂礼

    prostration

    礼遇

    courteous reception

    礼冠

    crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)

    登舷礼

    ceremonial assembling of a ship's crew on deck

    礼拝堂

    chapel

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    • 乙
    • 礻
    • 示
    • 幼児洗礼
    • 略礼装
    • 頂礼
    • 儀礼的無関心
    • 返礼品
    • 挙手の礼
    • 二礼二拍手一礼
    • 二礼二拍一礼
    • 即位の礼
    • 退位の礼
    • 退位礼正殿の儀
    • 室礼
    • 失礼をば
    • 礼ははずむ
    • 帰命頂礼
    • 礼事
    • 礼堂
    • 失礼ですが
    • お礼肥
    • 儀礼文化学会

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    • 一礼
    • 回礼
    • 割礼
    • 儀礼
    • 儀礼的
    • 儀礼兵
    • 虚礼
    • 偶像礼拝
    • 欠礼
    • 敬礼
    • 軍礼
    • お礼
    • 厚礼
    • 婚礼
    • 再浸礼
    • 再洗礼
    • 祭礼
    • 三顧の礼
    • 失礼
    • 失礼しました
    • 謝礼
    • 巡礼
    • 巡礼者
    • 仁義礼智信
    • 洗礼
    • 朝礼
    • 昼礼
    • 典礼
    • 刀礼
    • 年礼
    • 繁文縟礼
    • 非礼
    • 返礼
    • 無礼
    • 無礼講
    • 黙礼
    • 礼
    • 礼を言う
    • 礼儀
    • 礼儀作法
    • 礼儀正しい
    • 礼金
    • 礼賛
    • 礼式
    • 礼状
    • 礼節
    • 礼拝
    • 礼服
    • 慇懃無礼
    • お礼奉公
    • 目礼
    • 栄誉礼
    • 拝礼
    • 礼遇
    • 礼法
    • 礼砲
    • 答礼
    • 通過儀礼
    • お礼参り
    • 登舷礼
    • 最敬礼
    • 婚礼衣装
    • 堅信礼
    • 傲岸無礼
    • 傲慢無礼
    • 按手礼
    • 洗礼名
    • 洗礼式
    • 大礼
    • 大礼服
    • 浸礼
    • 薬礼
    • 聖地巡礼
    • 縟礼
    • 葬礼
    • 座礼
    • 礼回り
    • 礼典
    • 礼拝堂
    • 礼参り
    • 礼物
    • 礼帽
    • 礼装
    • 礼楽
    • 厚く礼を述べる
    • 婚礼の儀
    • 立太子礼
    • 無礼者
    • お礼の申し様
    • 夕礼
    • 満員御礼
    • 手礼
    • 礼記
    • 礼拝所
    • 合掌礼拝
    • 失礼千万
    • 克己復礼
    • 前官礼遇
    • 無礼千万
    • 喪中欠礼
    • 礼儀感覚
    • 立礼
    • 大喪の礼
    • 衣食足りて礼節を知る
    • 女子割礼
    • 割礼を施す
    • 割礼を受ける
    • 三王礼拝
    • 己に克ち礼に復る
    • 西国巡礼
    • お先に失礼します
    • 親しき仲にも礼儀あり
    • 礼奉公
    • 礼部
    • 三礼
    • 四国巡礼
    • 失礼します
    • 名礼
    • 近しき中に礼儀有り
    • 礼譲
    • 礼拝式
    • 礼やか
    • 洗礼者
    • 礼を尽くす
    • 水葬礼
    • 儀礼刀
    • 謝礼金
    • 礼冠
    • 略礼服
    • 礼讃舞
    • 礼盤
    • 終礼
    • 礼紙
    • 礼す
    • 洗礼堂
    • 洗礼盤
    • 前を失礼します
    • 失礼ながら
    • 礼儀知らず
    • 礼には及ばない
    • お礼には及びません
    • 礼文草
    • 礼を失する
    • 終油礼
    • 失礼至極
    • 礼儀正しさ
    • 再洗礼派

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