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斎ときNounsritual meals shared between parishioners and priests
書斎しょさいCommon wordN3Nounsstudy; home office; library
斎場さいじょうCommon wordNounsfuneral hall; funeral home · ceremony site; ritual site
斎宮さいぐうNounsunmarried imperial princess serving at Ise Grand Shrine; Saigū
三斎流さんさいりゅうNounsSansai school of tea ceremony
三歌斎経さんかさいけいNounsTriodion; Lenten Triodion
大斎たいさいNounsGreat Lent; Great Fast
小斎しょうさいNounsabstinence (Catholicism)
御斎会ごさいえNounsimperial Buddhist ceremony for national security and good harvests
揚げ斎あげどきNounslast memorial death anniversary
斎くいつくVerbsworship; enshrine
斎主さいしゅNounsmaster of religious ceremonies; chief priest at a Shinto ritual
いがきNounsfence around a shrine or sacred area
斎み垣いみがきNounssacred fence; shrine fence
斎堂さいどうNounsdining hall in a Zen temple; refectory
斎戒さいかいNounspurification; abstinence; ritual cleansing
斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよくNounspurification by bathing; ritual cleansing
斎日さいじつNounsfast day; day of abstinence
斎服さいふくNounspriestly vestments; white silk robes worn at Shinto festivals
斎王さいおうNounsunmarried imperial princess serving at Ise or Kamo Shrine
斎行さいこうNounscarrying out a religious festival or ceremony
斎部いみべNounsImbe clan
斎院さいいんNounsimperial princess serving as Ise priestess; office of the Ise priestess
斎食さいじきNounsmorning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) · food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
書斎人しょさいじんNounsperson who spends a lot of time in their study; armchair expert
書斎劇しょさいげきNounscloset drama; lesedrama
潔斎けっさいNounspurification; religious abstinence
神宮奉斎会じんぐうほうさいかいNounsIse Shrine Offering Association
精進潔斎しょうじんけっさいNounsreligious purification by abstaining from meat
羅漢斎らかんさいNounsBuddha's delight; vegetarian dish
聊斎志異りょうさいしいNounsStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio
貧僧の重ね斎ひんそうのかさねどきExpressionsgood luck does not last