| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 挨拶 | あいさつ | greeting, greetings, salutation, salute; speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address; reply, response; revenge, retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) |
| 挨拶まわり | あいさつまわり | New Year courtesy calls |
| 挨拶回り | あいさつまわり | New Year courtesy calls |
| 挨拶状 | あいさつじょう | greeting card |
| 挨拶は抜きで | あいさつはぬきで | without compliments (greetings) |
| 挨拶を交わす | あいさつをかわす | to exchange greetings |
| ご挨拶 | ごあいさつ | greeting; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) |
| 御挨拶 | ごあいさつ | greeting; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) |
| 一挨一拶 | いちあいいっさつ | dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) (source of modern word aisatsu) |
