Kanji 礼 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

大喪の礼

たいそうのれい

funeral service of a Japanese emperor

大礼

たいれい

important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)

大礼服

たいれいふく

court dress

昼礼

ちゅうれい

afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)

頂礼

ちょうらい

prostration

通過儀礼

つうかぎれい

rite of passage

登舷礼

とうげんれい

ceremonial assembling of a ship's crew on deck

刀礼

とうれい

sword salute

二礼二拍一礼

にれいにはくいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

二礼二拍手一礼

にれいにはくしゅいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

年礼

ねんれい

New Year's greetings

繁文縟礼

はんぶんじょくれい

red-tapism

返礼品

へんれいひん

thank-you gift (given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.)

満員御礼

まんいんおんれい

All Seats Sold, Thank You

無礼

なめ

rude

無礼講

ぶれいこう

no-holds-barred party

無礼者

ぶれいもの

insolent fellow

無礼千万

ぶれいせんばん

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

名礼

なれ

label (e.g. in programming languages)

黙礼

もくれい

silent bow

目礼

もくれい

nodding

薬礼

やくれい

medical fee

夕礼

ゆうれい

evening assembly (company)

幼児洗礼

ようじせんれい

infant baptism

立太子礼

りったいしれい

ceremony of installing a Crown Prince

立礼

りゅうれい

tea ceremony performed with tables and chairs (instead of sitting on tatami)

立礼

りつれい

bowing while standing

略礼装

りゃくれいそう

semiformal attire

略礼服

りゃくれいふく

semiformal attire

礼す

らいす

to worship

礼には及ばない

れいにはおよばない

it's nothing

礼ははずむ

れいははずむ

to make it worth someone's while

礼やか

いややか

polite

礼をつくす

れいをつくす

to accord someone every courtesy

礼を言う

れいをいう

to thank

礼を失する

れいをしっする

to be impolite

礼回り

れいまわり

making the rounds to express thanks

礼楽

れいがく

etiquette and music

礼冠

らいかん

crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)

礼記

らいき

The Book of Rites

礼儀感覚

れいぎかんかく

sense of decorum

礼儀作法

れいぎさほう

etiquette

礼儀正しい

れいぎただしい

courteous

礼儀正しさ

れいぎただしさ

politeness

礼儀知らず

れいぎしらず

rude

礼遇

れいぐう

courteous reception

礼参り

れいまいり

thanksgiving visit to a shrine

礼讃舞

らいさんまい

dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism)

礼紙

らいし

margin of a letter

礼事

いやごと

words of gratitude

礼式

れいしき

etiquette

礼譲

れいじょう

comity

礼装

れいそう

formal dress

礼典

れいてん

etiquette

礼拝式

れいはいしき

religious service

礼拝所

れいはいしょ

place of worship

礼拝堂

らいはいどう

place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

礼盤

らいばん

platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants

礼部

れいぶ

Ministry of Rites (Tang dynasty China)

礼服

らいふく

ceremonial clothes formerly worn by nobility

礼物

れいもつ

gift

礼文草

れぶんそう

Oxytropis megalantha (species of locoweed)

礼奉公

れいぼうこう

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

礼法

れいほう

etiquette

礼砲

れいほう

salute (gun)

礼帽

れいぼう

ceremonial hat

傲岸無礼

ごうがんぶれい

arrogance

傲慢無礼

ごうまんぶれい

(arrogance and) insolence

縟礼

じょくれい

bothersome formalities