忌

Vocabulary (12)

• 十三回忌

  じゅうさんかいき

  12th anniversary of one's death

• 十七回忌

  じゅうしちかいき

  16th anniversary of one's death

• 三十三回忌

  さんじゅうさんかいき

  32nd anniversary of death

• 仏涅槃忌

  ぶつねはんき

  Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

• 忌寸

  いみき

  Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles)

• 時雨忌

  しぐれき

  Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

• 忌引

  きびき

  absence from work (school) due to mourning

• 子規忌

  しきき

  anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19)

• 遠忌

  えんき

  anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier

• 国忌

  こっき

  anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress

• 桜桃忌

  おうとうき

  anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide

• 達磨忌

  だるまき

  ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)