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    戒名

    戒かい名みょう

    posthumous Buddhist name

    KMT9News #26+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    かいみょう

    Noun

    1.
    posthumous Buddhist name

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    戒かい名みょうは仏ぶっ教きょうの伝でん統とうです。

    A kaimyo (posthumous Buddhist name) is a Buddhist tradition.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんの葬そう儀ぎでは、故こ人じんに戒かい名みょうが与あたえられるのが一いっ般ぱん的てきです。

    In Japanese funerals, it is common for the deceased to be given a kaimyo.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    亡なくなった祖そ父ふのために戒かい名みょうが授さずけられました。

    A posthumous Buddhist name was bestowed upon my deceased grandfather.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    戒かい名みょうには故こ人じんの生せい前ぜんの功こう績せきや人ひと柄がらが反はん映えいされると言いわれています。

    It is said that a kaimyo reflects the deceased's achievements and personality during their lifetime.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    寺じ院いんで戒かい名みょうを授さずかることは、故こ人じんの冥めい福ふくを祈いのる大たい切せつな儀ぎ式しきです。

    Receiving a kaimyo at a temple is an important ritual to pray for the repose of the deceased.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    戒
    いまし.める…(1)
    commandment
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
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