Words — 68 found
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忌み
1. mourning; abstinence
2. taboo
3. religious purification
4. pure; holy
斎み 【いみ】、忌 【いみ】、斎 【いみ】
忌: Irregular okurigana usage.
1. death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
いことば
忌み言葉
1. taboo word
2. euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
忌言葉 【いみことば】、忌み詞 【いみことば】、忌詞 【いみことば】
忌み詞: Rarely-used kanji form. 忌詞: Rarely-used kanji form.
おうとうき
桜桃忌
1. anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide
しぐれき
時雨忌
1. Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)
ねい
子忌み
1. collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)Rare term, See also 子の日の遊び
子忌 【ねいみ】
1. religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat; day for abstention from eating meat and devotionArchaic, See also 精進潔斎
ぶつねはんき
仏涅槃忌
1. Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)Buddhism, See also 涅槃会
いみあ
忌明け
1. end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
忌明け 【きあけ】、忌明 【いみあけ】、忌明 【きあけ】、忌明 【いみあき】、忌明 【きめい】
ぶんがくき
文学忌
1. death anniversary (of a writer, poet, etc.; oft. given a relevant name); commemoration day