Kanji Details:
- 斎
- Frequency:1155
- Kun: とき, つつし.む, ものいみ, い.む, いわ.う, いつ.く
- On: サイ
- Meaning: purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 斎 とき meals exchanged by parishioners and priests 斎場 さいじょう funeral hall 書斎 しょさい a study, library 斎 いみ mourning, abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure, holy 斎み いみ mourning, abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure, holy 斎む いむ to avoid, to refrain from, to shun; to detest 斎く いつく to worship, enshrine 斎み垣 いみがき shrine fence 斎み日 いみび unlucky day, death anniversary, purification and fast day 斎戒 さいかい purification