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    3. 鎮魂

    鎮魂

    鎮ちん魂こん

    repose of a soul

    KMT9News #21+1Religion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    ちんこんたましずめ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    repose of a soul

    Noun

    2.
    ceremony for the repose of a departed soul

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    亡なくなった人ひとの鎮ちん魂こんを祈いのります。

    I pray for the repose of the departed soul.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    戦せん争そうの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃの鎮ちん魂こんのため、慰い霊れい碑ひが建たてられた。

    A memorial monument was erected for the repose of the war victims' souls.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    毎まい年としお盆ぼんには、先せん祖ぞの鎮ちん魂こんのために家か族ぞくが集あつまり、供く養ようを行おこなう。

    Every year during Obon, families gather to perform memorial services for the repose of their ancestors' souls.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    その作さっ曲きょく家かは、悲ひ劇げき的てきな出で来き事ごとをテーマにした鎮ちん魂こん歌かを作さっ曲きょくした。

    The composer wrote a requiem (song for the repose of souls) themed around a tragic event.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology
    災さい害がいで失うしなわれた多おおくの命いのちに対 し、人ひと々びとはそれぞれの方ほう法ほうで鎮ちん魂こんの意いを表あらわした。

    People expressed their condolences for the many lives lost in the disaster, each in their own way.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    鎮
    しず.める・しず.まる・おさえ…(5)
    tranquilize・ancient peace-preservation centers
    魂
    たましい・たま…(1)
    soul・spirit
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