JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3

Meaning

Kanji 忌

mourning

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
い.むい.みい.まわしい
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
いまわ

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1882
Strokes
7
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 3
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

Showing 29 common entries

Showing 29 of 63 entries that include this kanji.

忌避

きひ

evasion

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

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

今日は祖父の三回です。

Today is the third anniversary of my grandfather's death.

彼は不吉でまわしい事件を思い出した。

He recalled a sinister and detestable incident.

日本では中という言葉を葬儀の際に見かける。

In Japan, you see the word 'kichu' (in mourning) during funerals.

その政治家は憚のない意見を求めた。

The politician asked for a frank opinion without reserve.

一年の法要を執り行う。

We are holding a memorial service for the first anniversary of the death.