[あいさつ, aisatsu](n, vs, adj-no) (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; (3) reply; response; (4) (sl) revenge; retaliation; (exp) (5) (See 御挨拶) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment); (P)#6028[Add to Longdo]
[いちあいいっさつ, ichiaiissatsu](n) (arch) (See 挨拶) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) (source of modern word aisatsu)[Add to Longdo]