書斎人

しょさいじん

person who spends a lot of time in their study; armchair expert

書斎にこもる

しょさいにこもる

to shut oneself up in one's study

斎

とき

meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

斎垣

いがき ときかき

fence around a shrine

斎部

いみべ いんべ ときぶ

ancient Shinto priestly family

斎食

さいじき

food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

斎く

いつく

to worship, enshrine

斎服

さいふく

priestly vestments

斎宮

さいぐう

the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine

大斎

たいさい

Great Lent; Great Fast

斎王

unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine or the Kamo Shrine in place of the Emperor

斎場

さいじょう

funeral hall

斎主

さいしゅ

master of religious ceremonies

斎院

imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise

斎戒

さいかい

purification

小斎

しょうさい しょう さい

abstinence (in Catholicism)

斎日

さいじつ ときび

fast day

斎行

さいこう

carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)

斎堂

さいどう

dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory