禮: gift; manners

禮 [礼] lǐ

noun
: gift; rite; ceremony; social custom
: propriety; manners; etiquette; courtesy

禮 | ゆたか yutaka

na-adjective
– used for names –

礼 | れい rei

noun
: thanking; expression of gratitude

お礼 | おれい orei

noun
: thanking; expression of gratitude

礼やか | いややか iyayaka

na-adjective
: polite; respectful; reverent

禮 [礼]物 li3qu4: gift; present [礼物 | れいもつ reimotsu: gift]

 
[贈物 | おくりもの okurimono: present; gift] [御土産 | おみやげ omiyage: présent; souvenir]  
厚禮[礼] hou4li3: generous gifts
[こうれい kourei: heartfelt thanks]  
聘禮[礼] pin4 li3: betrothal gift

禮[礼]貌 li3mao4: courtesy; manners

有禮貌 you3 li3 mao4: courteous; polite

禮[礼]堂 li3tang2: assembly hall; auditorium

禮[礼]金 li3jin1: monetary gift
[れいきん reikin: finder’s fee; reward; honorarium]

禮[礼]拜天 li3bai4 tian1 OR 禮[礼]拜日 li3bai4 ri4: Sunday

敬禮[礼] jing4li3: salute
[敬礼 | けいれい keirei: salute; bow]

典禮[礼] dian34li3: celebration; ceremony
[典礼 | てんれい tenrei: ceremony; etiquette; courtesy]

葬禮[礼] zang4li3: burial; funeral
[葬礼 | そうれい sourei: funeral]

送禮[礼] song4li3: to give a present

婚禮[礼] hun1li3: wedding
[婚礼 | こんれい konrei: marriage ceremony; wedding]

結婚 jiehun1: marriage [けっこん kekkon]

失禮[礼] shi1li3: lacking in manners
[失礼 | しつれい shitsurei: discourtesy; impoliteness; to be rude
: Excuse me; goodbye (exp)
: to leave]

Japanese common word / expression
失礼します | しつれいします shitsurei shimasu
: excuse me

お先に失礼します | おさきにしつれいします osakini shitsurei shimasu
: pardon me for leaving (first) (used when leaving a workplace while others remain)

失礼しました | しつれいしました shitsurei shimashita
: excuse me; I’m sorry

前を失礼します | まえをしつれいします mae o shitsurei shimasu
: excuse me (when passing in front of somebody) [polite language]

失礼乍ら | しつれいながら shitsurei nagara
: with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

お礼の申し様 | おれいのもうしよう orei no moushiyou
: expression of gratitude

御礼には及びません | おれいにはおよびません orei ni haoyobimasen
: it’s nothing; don’t mention it; no thanks necessary

礼を言う | れいをいう rei o iu: to thank

厚く礼を述べる | あつくれいをのべる atsukurei o noberu
: to thank (a person) heartily

傲慢無礼 | ごうまんぶれい gouman burei
: (arrogance &) insolence

衣食足りて礼節を知る | いしょくたりてれいせつをしる
ishokutarite reisetsu o shiru
: the poor can’t afford manners. only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite

親しき中にも礼儀あり | したしきなかにもれいぎあり
shitashiki naka ni mo reigiari
: good manners even between friends; a hedge between keeps friendships

Chinese expression / idiom
禮壞樂崩 [礼坏乐崩] li3 huai4 yue4 beng1
: rites and music are in ruins; fig. society in total disarray

卑辭厚禮 [卑辞厚礼] bei1 ci2 hou4 li3
: humble expression for generous gift

先禮後兵 [先礼后兵] xian1 li3 hou4 bing1
:peaceful measures before using force; diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war

禮輕情意重 [礼轻情意重] li3 qing1 qing2 yi4 zhong4
: goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; It’s not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it

OR

千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 [千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重] qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2, li3 qing1 ren2 yi4 zhong4
: goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning; It’s not the present the counts, it’s the thought behind it

來而不往非禮也 [来而不往非礼也] lai2 er2 bu4 wang3 fei1 li3 ye3
: not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind