お辞儀
Japanese
Kanji in this term
辞
儀
じ
Grade: 4
ぎ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
お辭儀
(
kyūjitai
)
御辞儀
Alternative forms
(
non-honorific
)
辞
(
じ
)
儀
(
ぎ
)
(
jigi
)
Etymology
From
御
(
お
)
(
o-
,
honorific prefix
)
+
辞
(
じ
)
儀
(
ぎ
)
(
jigi
,
“
bow
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
お
じぎ
[òjígí]
(
Heiban
– [0])
IPA
(key)
:
[o̞ʑiɡʲi]
Noun
お
辞
(
じ
)
儀
(
ぎ
)
• (
ojigi
)
(
honorific
)
bow
,
gesture
made by
bending
at the
waist
Idioms
お
辞儀
(
じぎ
)
をする
(
ojigi o suru
)
Synonyms
礼
(
れい
)
(
rei
)
Troponyms
会
(
え
)
釈
(
しゃく
)
(
eshaku
)
: a
slight
bow
目
(
もく
)
礼
(
れい
)
(
mokurei
)
: a
nod
to a person
黙
(
もく
)
礼
(
れい
)
(
mokurei
)
: a
silent
bow
最
(
さい
)
敬
(
けい
)
礼
(
れい
)
(
saikeirei
)
: a respectful bow, a low bow
叩
(
こう
)
頭
(
とう
)
(
kōtō
)
: a deep bow, a
kowtow
, a bow where one touches one's head to the floor or ground