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斎: purification

purification; study room
11 strokesSecondary · Stage 1 (about 4級)in 4 words here

Readings

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サイ
Kun
とき・つつしむ・ものいみ・いむ・いわう・いつく

さい: 書斎(しょさい) "study", 斎場(さいじょう) "funeral hall", 斎戒(さいかい); 斎藤(さいとう) (surname).

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Key words

書斎しょさいstudy; den
斎場さいじょうfuneral hall
斎戒さいかいritual purification

Example sentences

My father reads books in his study every night.

The funeral was held quietly at the town funeral hall.

The night before the festival, the priest purified himself through ritual abstinence.

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