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お辞儀 (おじぎ): bow — Japanese vocabulary

お辞儀 is read おじぎ and means "bow". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

お辞儀

Reading
おじぎ · ojigi
Translation
bow
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おじぎが

Example

彼は帽子を取って、丁寧にお辞儀した。

かれはぼうしをとって、ていねいにおじぎした。

He took off his hat and made a polite bow.

Kanji in this word

  • 辞 — word, resign
  • 儀 — Ceremony, Rule, Affair

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