(n,vs,adj-no) (1) greeting
greetings
salutation
salute
(2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative)
address
(3) reply
response
(4) (sl) revenge
retaliation
(exp) (5) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)
(exp) (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
(P)
(n) (1) (pol) greeting
(2) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)
(n) greeting card
(n) (1) (pol) greeting
(2) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)
(n) New Year courtesy calls
(n) (arch) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) (source of modern word aisatsu)
(n) New Year courtesy calls
(exp) without compliments (greetings)
(exp,v5s) to exchange greetings