斎: Purification; Buddhist Food; RoomKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

The most common words built from 斎. In Moto, tap any of them to keep branching out.Open this graph

Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)

斎場さいじょうfuneral hall
書斎しょさいstudy; library
これに懲りよ道斎坊これにこりよどうさいぼうtake it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
大斎たいさいGreat Lent; Great Fast
小斎しょうさいabstinence (in Catholicism)
御斎会ごさいえimperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
斎主さいしゅmaster of religious ceremonies
斎堂さいどうdining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory
斎宮さいぐうthe ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine
斎戒さいかいpurification
斎戒もく浴さいかいもくよくpurification; washing
斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよくpurification; washing
斎服さいふくpriestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals
斎行さいこうcarrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
斎食さいじきmorning meal (for priests, monks, etc.)
潔斎けっさいreligious abstinence; purification
精進潔斎しょうじんけっさいpurifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
羅漢斎らかんさいBuddha's delight (vegetarian dish)

揚げ斎あげどきlast death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
斎ういわうto celebrate; to congratulate
斎くいつくto worship; to enshrine
斎みいみmourning; abstinence
斎み垣いみがきshrine fence
斎むいむto avoid; to refrain from
斎垣いがきfence around a shrine
貧僧の重ね斎ひんそうのかさねどきgood luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)

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