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Kanji Details for 挨

Kanji definition, readings and usage

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  • アイ
  • ひら.く

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  • 挨拶

    greeting; greetings; salutation; salute

    speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address

    reply; response

    revenge; retaliation

    a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)

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

  • 一挨一拶

    dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) (source of modern word aisatsu)

  • 挨拶まわり, あいさつ回り, 挨拶回り

    New Year courtesy calls

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