忌み (Imi): Religious Purification, Taboo

Meaning

English

religious purification
taboo
mourning
abstinence
pure
holy

Reading

Kana

いみ

Romaji

imi

Writing Variants

忌いみ imi
斎いみ imi
斎みいみ imi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忌避

きひ

evasion

忌まわしい

いまわしい

ominous

忌み言葉

いみことば

euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

忌日

きにち

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

忌み日

いみび

unlucky day (according to astrology)

忌中

きちゅう

mourning

回忌

かいき

death anniversary

一周忌

いっしゅうき

first anniversary of a person's death

三回忌

さんかいき

second anniversary of a death

七回忌

しちかいき

sixth anniversary of a death

禁忌

きんき

contraindication

十三回忌

じゅうさんかいき

12th anniversary of one's death

Example Sentences

1

今日は私の忌み日だ。

Today isn't my lucky day!