れい
Meanings
Noun
1. thanks; gratitude
2. manners; etiquette
3. bow
4. reward; gift
5. ceremony; ritual
6. key money
Kanji used
polite
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (70 in total)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
bow (salute, greeting)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
manners; courtesy; etiquette
salute; bow
marriage ceremony; wedding
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
pilgrimage; pilgrim
etiquette; courtesy
impoliteness
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
decorum; propriety; politeness
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
formal dress
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
to accord someone every courtesy
etiquette; courtesy; manners
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
to be impolite; to be discourteous
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
ceremony; etiquette; courtesy; (Catholic) liturgy
etiquette; manners
it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
Ministry of Rites (Tang-dynasty China)
to accord someone every courtesy
state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (standard form of worshiping at a shrine)
hand salute; military salute
etiquette and music
pilgrimage; pilgrim
salute (gun)
thanksgiving visit to a shrine
empty (useless) formalities
bowing while sitting
medical fee
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
to make it worth somebody's while; to make something worthwhile
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
going from door to door greeting relatives and friends; complimentary visit for the New Year
(Protestant) laying on of hands; ordination
etiquette; ritual
New Year's greetings
to thank (a person) heartily
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (standard form of worshiping at a shrine)
making the rounds to express thanks
enthronement ceremony; coronation
to make it worth somebody's while; to make something worthwhile
ceremonial hat
funeral service of a Japanese emperor
the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)
military honors; military honours
(the Christian sacrament of) confirmation
salute of guards of honor (honour)
evening assembly (company)
sword salute
ceremony of installing a Crown Prince
Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall
abdication ceremony
crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryo system)
Examples (3 in total)
Tom bowed.
He thanked her for her kind help.
I thanked him for what he had done.