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    3. 四十九日

    四十九日

    四し十じゅう九く日にち

    forty-ninth day after a person's death

    KMT9News #37+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    しじゅうくにち

    Noun

    1.
    forty-ninth day after a person's death

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    故こ人じんの四し十じゅう九く日にちを執とり行おこないました。

    We held the forty-ninth day service for the deceased.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの四し十じゅう九く日にちは来らい月げつです。

    His forty-ninth day memorial service is next month.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょうでは、四し十じゅう九く日にちは重じゅう要ような節ふし目めとされています。

    In Japanese Buddhism, the forty-ninth day is considered an important milestone.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    家か族ぞくは四し十じゅう九く日にちの法ほう要ようのために集あつまりました。

    The family gathered for the forty-ninth day memorial service.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    四し十じゅう九く日にちを過すぎると、故こ人じんの魂たましいは完かん全ぜんにあの世よへ旅たび立だつとされています。

    It is believed that after the forty-ninth day, the soul of the deceased fully departs for the other world.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    四
    よん・よ・よ.つ・よっ.つ…(4)
    four
    十
    とお・と・そ…(15)
    ten
    九
    ここの・ここの.つ…(6)
    nine
    日
    ひ・-び・-か…(14)
    day・sun・Japan・counter for days
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