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
- —お礼の申し様expression of gratitude
- —割礼を受けるto undergo circumcision; to be circumcised
- —儀礼的無関心civil inattention; civil indifference
- —二礼二拍一礼two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)
- —ナチス式敬礼Nazi salute
- —儀礼文化学会Society for Ritual Culture
- —厚く礼を述べるto thank (a person) heartily
- —前を失礼しますexcuse me (when passing in front of someone)
- —礼には及ばないit's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
- —二礼二拍手一礼two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)
- —退位礼正殿の儀Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall
- —己に克ち礼に復るact with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette
- —お先に失礼しますpardon me for leaving (first)
- —近しき中に礼儀有りgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- —お礼には及びませんit's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
- —衣食足りて礼節を知るwell-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite
- —親しき仲にも礼儀ありgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- —御礼thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift; ceremony; ritual
- —順礼pilgrimage; pilgrim
- —不礼rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence