Word Meaning 辞儀

じぎ jigi

辞儀 is read as じぎ (jigi) and means bow.

Meaning

English

  1. bow
  2. bowing (and greeting)
  3. declining
  4. refusing

Reading

Kana

じぎ

Romaji

jigi

Writing Variants

  • 時儀 じぎ jigi
  • 時儀 じんぎ jingi
  • 辞儀 じんぎ jingi
  • 辞宜 じぎ jigi
  • 辞宜 じんぎ jingi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 93084 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お辞儀

おじぎ

bow

辞典

じてん

dictionary

辞官納地

じかんのうち

Tokugawa Yoshinobu's resignation as Minister of the Interior and the abandonment of the Shogunate's territories (during the Meiji Restoration)

辞書攻撃

じしょこうげき

dictionary attack

辞世の句

じせいのく

farewell poem

辞職を迫る

じしょくをせまる

to urge someone to resign

辞謝

じしゃ

refusal

辞譲

じじょう

deferring to another

辞柄

じへい

pretext

礼儀

れいぎ

manners

行儀

ぎょうぎ

manners

地球儀

ちきゅうぎ

Earth globe (model)

Example Sentences

8

おじぎをしてください。

Please bow.

かれはていねいにおじぎをした。

He bowed politely.

Tom bowed.

Tom bowed politely.

She bowed to me politely.

He took off his hat and made a polite bow.

Tom took off his hat and bowed politely.

Leaving the room, he bowed to me.