Kanji1 / 5
礼 kanji
salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
レイライ
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
禮Words with 礼
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4お礼Popularthanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift; ceremony; ritual
- N3礼Popularthanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward; gift; ceremony; ritual; key money
- N3礼儀Popularmanners; courtesy; etiquette
- N1無礼Popularrudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
- —儀礼Popularcourtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
- —祭礼Popular(religious) festival
- —失礼Populardiscourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
- —謝礼Popularreward; honorarium; remuneration
- —巡礼Popularpilgrimage; pilgrim
- —洗礼Popularbaptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
- —朝礼Popularmorning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
- —非礼Popularimpoliteness
- —礼金Popularmoney (given as thanks); reward money; fee; recompense; remuneration; honorarium; key money; fee paid for rental rights
- —礼状Popularacknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
- —礼拝Popularworship (esp. Christian); (church) service
- —礼服Popularformal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
- —失礼しますPopularexcuse me; pardon me; I beg your pardon
- —失礼しましたPopularmy apologies; I'm sorry; excuse me
- —一礼one bow; one salute; one greeting
- —回礼going from door to door greeting relatives and friends (esp. at New Year); round of complimentary visits