Illustration: Two residents pass each other in the narrow outdoor corridor of an apartment building. Each briefly inclines the head and upper body only a little, maintaining relaxed shoulders and an easy expression.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

会え釈しゃく

eshaku

to give a slight bow

Example sentences

彼かれは通とおりすがりに、私わたしに会釈えしゃくした。
He nodded to me as he passed.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
軽かるく会釈えしゃくを返かえした。
They returned a light bow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
ナンシーは通とおりの向むこうから私わたしに会釈えしゃくした。
Nancy greeted me with a nod from across the street.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 会釈

会meet; gatherOnカイ・エKunあう・あわせる・あつまる
釈explanationOnシャク・セキKunとく・すてる・ゆるす

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store