挨

Meaning

挨 centers on moving closer or making contact: approaching, drawing near, or pushing something open by pressing against it.

• 挨拶あいさつ
  N4

  greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone

• ご挨拶ごあいさつ

  greeting

• 一挨一拶いちあいいっさつ

  dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

• 不挨拶ぶあいさつ

  incivility; impoliteness

• 年頭挨拶ねんとうあいさつ

  New Year's greetings

• 挨拶は抜きであいさつはぬきで

  without compliments (greetings)

• 挨拶は時の氏神あいさつはときのうじがみ

  blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator

• 挨拶より円札あいさつよりえんさつ

  money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations

• 挨拶を交わすあいさつをかわす

  to exchange greetings

• 挨拶代わりあいさつがわり

  substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

• 挨拶回りあいさつまわり

  courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

• 挨拶文あいさつぶん

  greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation

• 挨拶状あいさつじょう

  greeting card

• 挨拶語あいさつご

  words of greeting

• 時候の挨拶じこうのあいさつ

  seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

• 舞台挨拶ぶたいあいさつ

  on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play

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