Kanji 忌 Words: Meanings and Readings

忌避

きひ

evasion

忌まわしい

いまわしい

ominous

回忌

かいき

death anniversary

一周忌

いっしゅうき

first anniversary of a person's death

禁忌

きんき

contraindication

七回忌

しちかいき

sixth anniversary of a death

三回忌

さんかいき

second anniversary of a death

いみ嫌う

いみきらう

to detest

一回忌

いっかいき

first anniversary of a person's death

一年忌

いちねんき

first anniversary of a person's death

厭忌

えんき

hatred

遠忌

えんき

anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier

寒忌竹

かんきちく

centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum)

忌

き

anniversary of one's death

忌

いみ

religious purification

忌々しい

いまいましい

annoying

忌が明ける

きがあける

to come out of mourning

忌み言葉

いみことば

euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

忌み子

いみこ

unwanted child

忌み数

いみかず

unlucky number

忌み日

いみび

unlucky day (according to astrology)

忌み箸

いみばし

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

忌み明け

いみあけ

end of mourning

忌む

いむ

to detest

忌むべき

いむべき

abominable

忌引

きびき

absence from work (school) due to mourning

忌引き休暇

きびききゅうか

condolence leave

忌垣

いがき

fence around a shrine

忌寸

いみき

Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)

忌中

きちゅう

mourning

忌日

きじつ

49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed

忌服

きふく

mourning

忌憚

きたん

abhorrence

忌憚のない

きたんのない

unrestrained

忌諱

きい

displeasure

嫌忌

けんき

dislike

国忌

こっき

anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress

裁判官忌避

さいばんかんきひ

challenging a judge

桜桃忌

おうとうき

anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide

三周忌

さんしゅうき

second anniversary of a death

三十三回忌

さんじゅうさんかいき

32nd anniversary of death

子忌

ねいみ

collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)

子規忌

しきき

anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19)

時雨忌

しぐれき

Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

七年忌

しちねんき

seventh anniversary of a death

周忌

しゅうき

death anniversary

十三回忌

じゅうさんかいき

12th anniversary of one's death

十七回忌

じゅうしちかいき

16th anniversary of one's death

小祥忌

しょうしょうき

first anniversary of a person's death

節忌

せちみ

religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat

大祥忌

たいしょうき

second anniversary of a person's death

達磨忌

だるまき

ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

徴兵忌避

ちょうへいきひ

draft evasion

徴兵忌避者

ちょうへいきひしゃ

draft dodger

年忌

ねんき

death anniversary

配合禁忌

はいごうきんき

incompatibility (of drugs)

避忌

ひき

evasion

服忌

ぶくき

mourning

仏涅槃忌

ぶつねはんき

Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

物忌

ぶっき

confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)

文学忌

ぶんがくき

death anniversary (of a writer, poet, etc.; oft. given a relevant name)

兵役忌避

へいえききひ

draft evasion

幽回忌

ゆうかいき

memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death