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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
- —失礼至極extremely rude; impertinent; impolite
- —再洗礼派Anabaptist
- —幼児洗礼infant baptism; pedobaptism; paedobaptism
- —挙手の礼hand salute; military salute
- —退位の礼abdication ceremony
- —即位の礼enthronement ceremony; coronation
- —失礼をばmy apologies; I'm sorry; excuse me
- —浸礼教会Baptist church
- —礼を欠くto be impolite; to be discourteous; to lack manners
- —無礼討ちkilling of a commoner by a samurai as punishment for disrespectful conduct
- —仁義礼智信the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)
- —礼儀正しいcourteous; decorous; polite
- —割礼を施すto circumcise (someone)
- —礼を尽くすto be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette
- —失礼ながらwith all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
- —礼儀知らずrude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
- —礼を失するto be impolite; to be discourteous
- —礼儀正しさpoliteness; courtesy
- —礼ははずむto make it worth someone's while; to make something worthwhile
- —失礼ですがexcuse me, but ...; with all due respect