斎
サイ
とき • つつし.む • ものいみ • い.む • いわ.う • いつ.く
purification; Buddhist food; room; worship; avoid; alike
Words
斎行
さいこう
- carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony) n vs
揚げ斎
あげどき
- last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) n Buddh
御斎会
ごさいえ みさいえ
- 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) n
斎食
さいじき
- morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) n Buddh
- food offering at a Buddhist ceremony n
精進潔斎
しょうじんけっさい
- purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat n vs yoji