忌

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

い.まわしいい.みい.む

Nanori (名乗り)

いまわ

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1882

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
回忌	カイキ	death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death
忌避	キヒ	evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
禁忌	キンキ	taboo; contraindication
七回忌	シチカイキ	sixth anniversary of a death
三回忌	サンカイキ	second anniversary of a death

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一周忌	いっしゅうき	first anniversary of a person's death
忌まわしい	いまわしい	abhorrent; abominable; detestable; disgusting; horrid; repugnant; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
忌々しい	ゆゆしい	grave; serious; alarming
一回忌	いっかいき	first anniversary of a person's death; first death anniversary
忌み	いみ	mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

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