Word Meaning 忌み

いみ imi

忌み is read as いみ (imi) and means religious purification.

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

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms 午餐,御昼,昼餐,昼食,中食,昼餉,昼ご飯,昼飯 Antonyms 非時 Rank 138251 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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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