唐草文

からくさもん

arabesque, scrollwork

繁文縟礼

はんぶんじょくれい

red-tapism

大文字草

だいもんじそう

Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)

儀礼文化学会

ぎれいぶんかがっかい

Society for Ritual Culture

埋め草文字

うめくさもじ

padding character

礼

れい

thanks, gratitude

回礼

かいれい

going from door to door greeting relatives and friends

三礼

さんらい さんれい みれい

adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly, act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

夕礼

ゆうれい

evening assembly (company)

大礼

たいれい

imperial or state ceremony

虚礼

きょれい

empty (useless) formalities

縟礼

じょくれい

bothersome formalities

座礼

ざれい

bowing while sitting

薬礼

やくれい

medical fee

黙礼

もくれい

silent bow

目礼

もくれい

nodding, greeting (with eyes)

礼記

らいき

the Li Ji or Book of Rites - one of the Five Classics

答礼

とうれい

return call or visit, return salute

敬礼

けいれい

salute, bow