Saitō (Japanese surname)

to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual

study (room)

to beg for food (of monks)

to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian

to fast; to abstain from food

to fast

fast (in several religions); Ramadan (Islam); see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4]

to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast

to beg for (vegetarian) food

dining hall in a Buddhist temple

Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism

Ramadan (Islam)

fasting days; a fast

(religious) offerings

to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc

food given to Buddhist monks as alms

vegetarian food

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

great fast; Christian lent

Lent

(Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan

festival of fasting (esp. Eid al-Fitr)

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]