Kanji忌
Readingい
Frequency28%
Used in (18 in total)
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
abominable; detestable
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
unwanted child; shunned child
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
purification through fasting and abstinence; confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day
unlucky number
end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
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)
things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
taboo object; thing avoided as impure or unlucky
Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)