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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
- —答礼return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
- —大礼state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
- —浸礼baptism by immersion
- —薬礼medical fee
- —縟礼bothersome formalities
- —葬礼funeral
- —座礼bowing while sitting
- —礼典etiquette; ritual
- —礼物gift
- —礼帽ceremonial hat
- —礼装formal dress
- —礼楽etiquette and music
- —夕礼evening assembly (company)
- —手礼hand motion indicating gratitude
- —立礼bowing while standing; standing bow
- —礼部Ministry of Rites (Tang dynasty China)
- —立礼tea ceremony performed with tables and chairs (instead of sitting on tatami)
- —礼譲comity
- —終礼assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.)
- —礼堂small building used for worship or sutra chanting (located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)