れい

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of れい – see the following entries.
4
a custom, usual practice, habit
a precedent
the aforementioned
a case, an instance, an illustration, an example
4
an order, command, decree
(historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate
(historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, prefectural governor)
(historical) in the Kamakura period, the vice-minister of the 政所 (mandokoro, office of financial affairs)
This term needs a translation to English.
(rare, law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system
act, law, ordinance, rule
law, ordinance, regulation
(historical) high-ranking official or magistrate
(obsolete) admonition, teaching
(rare) beautiful, excellent, fine, good
honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative
a female given name
3
a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist
an expression of thanks or gratitude
S
a bell, chime
(Buddhism) a singing bowl
a female given name
a surname
S
zero
zero
a male given name
S
ghost
S
a female given name
S
instar
(This term, れい, 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.)

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