Info on the Kanji 斎 | What's a Kanji? |
| purification, buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike | |
| onyomi | SAI |
| kunyomi | |
| stroke count | 11 |
| grade | s |
| jlpt level | N1 |
| Example words with 斎 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 斎さい sai | mourning / abstinence / taboo / religious purification / pure / holy |
| 潔斎きよしさい kiyoshi sai | religious abstinence / purification |
| 斎うさいう sai u | to congratulate / to celebrate / to observe |
| 斎くさいく sai ku | to worship / enshrine |
| 斎みさいみ sai mi | mourning / abstinence / taboo / religious purification / pure / holy |
| 斎むさいむ sai mu | to avoid / to refrain from / to shun |
| 斎戒さいかい saikai | purification |
| 斎垣さいかき sai kaki | fence around a shrine |
| 斎宮さいみや sai miya | the ancient imperial princesses serving at the ise shrine |
| 斎言さいげん sai gen | congratulatory words / prayer for happiness |
| 斎主さいしゅ sai shu | master of religious ceremonies |
| 斎場さいじょう saijou | funeral hall |
| 斎食さいしょく sai shoku | morning meal / food offering at a buddhist ceremony |
| 斎日さいにち sai nichi | unlucky day / death anniversary / purification and fast day |
| 斎部さいぶ sai bu | ancient shinto priestly family |
| 斎服さいふく sai fuku | priestly vestments |
| 書斎しょさい shosai | study / library / den / home office / reading room |
| 小斎しょうさい shou sai | abstinence |
| 御斎会おさいかい o sai kai | imperial event at which high monks recited the golden light sutra to pray for national security and good harvests |
| 斎み垣さいみかき sai mi kaki | shrine fence |
| 斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよく saikai mokuyoku | purification / washing |
| 精進潔斎しょうじんきよしさい shoujin kiyoshi sai | purifying oneself by abstaining from eating meat |
| 斎戒もく浴さいかいもくよく saikai moku yoku | purification / washing |
| 神宮奉斎会じんぐうほうさいかい jinguu hou sai kai | ise shrine offering association |
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| Example Sentences with 斎 |
| 父は車庫を書斎に改造した。 父はその人を書斎に入れた。 彼女は書斎に閉じこもって思い切り泣いたのである。 彼女は書斎で何か書き物をしている。 |
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