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    3. 香典返し

    香典返し

    香こう典でん返がえし​

    present given in return for funeral offering

    KMT10News #42+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    こうでんがえし

    Noun

    1.
    present given in return for funeral offering

    Stroke 0 / 25

    Speed1.0x

    香こう典でん返がえしを準じゅん備びしました。

    I prepared the funeral return gifts.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    葬そう儀ぎの後あと、香こう典でん返がえしを送おくるのが日に本ほんの習しゅう慣かんです。

    After a funeral, it is a Japanese custom to send funeral return gifts.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    香こう典でん返がえしの品しな物ものには、お茶ちゃやタオルなどが選えらばれることが多 い。

    For funeral return gifts, items like tea and towels are often chosen.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    香こう典でん返がえしには、故こ人じんを偲しのぶ気き持もちが込こめられている。

    Funeral return gifts embody the feeling of remembering the deceased.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    地ち域いきによって香こう典でん返がえしの習しゅう慣かんに違ちがいがある。

    There are differences in the custom of funeral return gifts depending on the region.

    KMT10Culture & Traditionsgeography

    Characters that make up this word

    香
    か・かお.り・かお.る…(6)
    incense・smell・perfume
    Kanji
    典
    ふみ・のり…(5)
    code・ceremony・law・rule
    Kanji
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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