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    3. 一周忌

    一周忌

    一いっ周しゅう忌き

    first anniversary of a person's death

    KMT9News #28+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    いっしゅうき

    Noun

    1.
    first anniversary of a person's death

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    来らい月げつ、父ちちの一いっ周しゅう忌きがあります。

    Next month is my father's first death anniversary.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    一いっ周しゅう忌きの法ほう要ようを執とり行おこなうため、親しん族ぞくが集あつまりました。

    Relatives gathered to hold the memorial service for the first death anniversary.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    日に本ほんの一いっ周しゅう忌きの習しゅう慣かんでは、僧そう侶りょを招まねいて読どきょ経うしてもらうのが一いっ般ぱん的てきです。

    In the Japanese custom of the first death anniversary, it is common to invite a monk to chant sutras.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    一いっ周しゅう忌きの際さいには、故こ人じんが好すきだった料りょう理りをお供そなえします。

    On the occasion of the first death anniversary, we offer dishes that the deceased liked.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining
    一いっ周しゅう忌きは故こ人じんを偲しのび、遺い族ぞくが悲かなしみを乗のり越こえるための大たい切せつな節ふし目めです。

    The first death anniversary is an important milestone for remembering the deceased and for the bereaved family to overcome their grief.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    周
    まわ.り…(9)
    circumference・circuit・lap
    忌
    い.む・い.み・い.まわしい…(2)
    mourning・abhor・detestable・death anniversary
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