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賽
賽
17 strokes

Meanings

dice
temple visit

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サイ

Common Words

賽
さい
采
骰子
Noun
Freq #34922
1

Formal or literary term

dice; die

Examples
賽は投げられた。
The die is cast.
賽銭
さい銭
さいせん
Noun
Freq #36729
1

monetary offering; offertory

Examples
はい、お賽銭・・・１０円ずつね。はい、美羽ちゃん。
OK, here's the donation ... 10 yen each. Here you go, Mihane.
賽銭箱
さい銭箱
さいせん箱
さいせんばこ
Noun
Freq #38944
1

offertory box

Examples
「これは何？供物か？」「そうだよ、このお賽銭箱の中に入れて・・・この紐を引っ張るの」
"What is this? An offering?" "That's right. Put it in this offertory box ... and pull this rope."
賽の河原
さいのかわら
Expression
Freq #64101
1

Common noun; Buddhism

Children's Limbo

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

futile; unrewarding

さいの目
賽の目
さいのめ
Noun
Freq #65136
1

pip (spot on a die)

2

small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

賽は投げられた
采は投げられた
さいはなげられた
Expression
Freq #67464
1

Idiomatic expression

the die is cast; there is no going back; alea iacta est

Examples
だがすでに、賽は投げられた。
However, the die had already been cast.
さいころ
サイコロ
骰子
賽子
骨子
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #74464
1

dice; die

賽銭泥棒
さいせんどろぼう
Noun
Freq #144099
1

thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief

才六
采六
賽六
さいろく
Noun
Freq #268005
1

Archaic

kid; brat

2

Derogatory

person from Kansai

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