れい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of れい – see the following entries.

【例れい】4 [noun] a custom, usual practice, habit [noun] a precedent [noun] the aforementioned [noun] a case, an instance, an illustration, an example

【令れい】4 [noun] an order, command, decree [noun] (historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate [noun] (historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事ちじ (chiji, “prefectural governor”) [noun] (historical) in the Kamakura period, the vice-minister of the 政所まんどころ (mandokoro, “office of financial affairs”) [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] (rare, law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律りつ (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令りつりょう (Ritsuryō) system [affix] act, law, ordinance, rule [affix] law, ordinance, regulation [affix] (historical) high-ranking official or magistrate [affix] (obsolete) admonition, teaching [affix] (rare) beautiful, excellent, fine, good [affix] honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative [proper noun] a female given name

【礼れい】3 [noun] a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist [noun] an expression of thanks or gratitude

【鈴すず】S [noun] a bell, chime [noun] (Buddhism) a singing bowl [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

【零れい】S [noun] zero [numeral] zero [proper noun] a male given name

【霊れい】S [noun] ghost

【麗うらら】S [proper noun] a female given name

【齢よわい】S [noun] instar

(This term, れい (rei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as れい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as れい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 冷ひや, 隷.)