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    3. 埋葬

    埋葬

    埋まい葬そう

    burial

    KMT7News #15+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    まいそう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    burial

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    彼かれの遺い体たいは故こ郷きょうに埋まい葬そうされた。

    His body was buried in his hometown.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    古こ代だいの埋まい葬そう習しゅう慣かんについて研けん究きゅうしている。

    I am researching ancient burial customs.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistoryEducation
    日に本ほんでは火か葬そうが一いっ般ぱん的てきだが、土ど葬そうによる埋まい葬そうも存そん在ざいする。

    Cremation is common in Japan, but burial by interment also exists.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    宗しゅう教きょうによっては、埋まい葬そうの儀ぎ式しきが厳げん格かくに定さだめられている。

    Depending on the religion, burial rituals are strictly prescribed.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    家か族ぞくは、故こ人じんの希き望ぼう通どおり、自し然ぜんに囲かこまれた場ば所しょに埋まい葬そうすることを選 んだ。

    The family chose to bury the deceased in a place surrounded by nature, as per their wishes.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    埋
    う.める・う.まる・う.もれる・うず.める・うず.まる・い.ける…(1)
    bury・be filled up・embedded
    葬
    ほうむ.る…(2)
    interment・bury・shelve
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