忌

Common noun

mourning; abstinence

Common noun

taboo

Common noun

religious purification

Noun, used as a prefix

pure; holy

Common noun

mourning; mourning period

Noun, used as a suffix

anniversary of one's death

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

abhorrent; abominable; detestable; disgusting; horrid; repugnant

Rare term

ominous; inauspicious; unlucky

evasion; avoidance; shirking

Law

recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

to detest; to abhor; to loathe

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun

忌む／諱む only

to detest

abominable; detestable

Usu. as ～のない or ～なく

reserve; modesty; hesitation; restraint

Obsolete term; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

abhorrence; repugnance; loathing; dislike

unwanted child; shunned child

unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank

displeasure; offense; offence; disliking

anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed)

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

mourning period; (in) mourning

taboo word

euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

absence from work or school due to mourning; secluding oneself in mourning

unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day

mourning

end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)

unlucky number

condolence leave

to come out of mourning

things prohibited by chopstick etiquette

to give offense; to get on someone's nerves; to displease