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    3. 供養

    供養

    供く養よう

    memorial service for the dead

    KMT8News #18+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    くよう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    memorial service for the dead, holding a service

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    祖そ母ぼのために供く養ようを行おこなった。

    I held a memorial service for my grandmother.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsReligion & Philosophy
    亡なくなったペットのために、毎まい年とし供く養ようをしている。

    I hold a memorial service every year for my deceased pet.

    KMT8AnimalsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょうでは、先せん祖ぞ供く養ようは非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ような習しゅう慣かんである。

    In Japanese Buddhism, ancestral memorial services are a very important custom.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    お盆ぼんの時じ期きには、多おおくの家か庭ていで故こ人じんの供く養ようが行おこなわれる。

    During the Obon season, memorial services for the deceased are held in many households.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    戦せん争そうで亡なくなった多おおくの人ひと々びとの魂たましいを供く養ようするため、慰い霊れい碑ひが建たてられた。

    A memorial monument was erected to honor the souls of the many people who died in the war.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    供
    そな.える・とも・-ども…(4)
    submit・offer・present・serve (meal)・accompany
    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
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