斎
斎

purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

11 strokesFrequency 1,155JLPT N1Grade 8

On

サイ

Kun

ときつつし.むものいみい.むいわ.ういつ.く

Nanori

いつきさえひとしいつきよただよし

Dictionary

Common Words

祝う斎ういわうTransitiveGodan verbFreq #5354
1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival)

Examples
今年タイ航空は５０周年記念を祝います。
Thai Air celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
2

to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration

3

to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

祝い祝斎いわいゆわいNounFreq #7176
1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival

Examples
私は彼の卒業祝いに電報を打った。
I wired him a message of congratulation on his graduation.
2

congratulatory gift; present

書斎しょさいNounFreq #8821
1

study; library; den; home office; reading room

Examples
このドアは書斎に通じている。
This door leads to the study.
忌み斎み斎いみ忌Freq #21985
1

Common noun

mourning; abstinence

2

Common noun

taboo

3

Common noun

religious purification

4

Noun, used as a prefix

pure; holy

忌む斎む諱むいむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #27397
1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun

2

忌む／諱む only

to detest

湯屋斎屋ゆやNounFreq #49755
1

public bathhouse

2

building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

斎ときNounFreq #54110
1

meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

斎場さいじょうNounFreq #72147
1

funeral hall

2

ceremony site

斎宮さいぐうNounFreq #81261
1

Historical term

unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor

潔斎けっさいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #99077
1

religious abstinence; purification

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