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礼れい
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Meanings
Noun
1. thanks; gratitude
2. manners; etiquette
Noun
Counter
3. bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing
Noun
4. reward; gift
5. ceremony; ritual
6. key money (Abbreviation)
Kanji used
礼polite
Pitch accent
れい
れい
Used in vocabulary
栄えい誉よ礼れい
salute from a guard of honor
Noun
仁じん義ぎ礼れい智ち信しん
the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)
Noun
礼れい回まわり
making the rounds to express thanks
Noun
礼れい参まいり
thanksgiving visit to a shrine
Noun
立りっ太たい子し礼れい
ceremony of installing a Crown Prince
Noun
礼れい奉ぼう公こう
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
Noun
四し国こく巡じゅん礼れい
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
Noun
二に礼れい二に拍はく手しゅ一いち礼れい
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)
Expression
二に礼れい二に拍はく一いち礼れい
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)
Expression
礼れい返がえし
returning a favor; gift in acknowledgement of a favor
Noun
Examples3
He thanked her for her kind help.
He thanked her for her kind help.
I thanked him for what he had done.