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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
- —礼義manners; courtesy; etiquette
- —喪礼funeral; mourning etiquette
- —御礼肥fertiliser applied after harvesting
- —三顧之礼showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)
- —御礼奉公free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
- —御礼参りvisiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
- —四国順礼Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
- —失礼乍らwith all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
- —礼は弾むto make it worth someone's while; to make something worthwhile
- —お礼肥えfertiliser applied after harvesting
- —礼をかくto be impolite; to be discourteous; to lack manners
- —無礼うちkilling of a commoner by a samurai as punishment for disrespectful conduct
- —礼をつくすto be extremely polite; to show the utmost courtesy; to do everything required by etiquette
- —いんぎん無礼superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
- —お礼の申しようexpression of gratitude
- —御礼には及びませんit's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
- —親しき仲にも礼儀有りgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- —親しき中にも礼儀ありgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- —親しき中にも礼儀有りgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green