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    3. 慰霊

    慰霊

    慰い霊れい

    consoling the spirits of the dead

    KMT7News #10+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab30 strokes

    いれい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    consoling the spirits of the dead

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    戦せん争そうの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃの慰い霊れいが行おこなわれた。

    A memorial service was held for the war victims.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    毎まい年とし、この場ば所しょで亡なくなった人ひと々びとの慰い霊れい祭さいが開ひらかれる。

    Every year, a memorial service is held at this place for those who passed away.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんでは、お盆ぼんの時じ期きに先せん祖ぞの慰い霊れいを行おこなう習しゅう慣かんがある。

    In Japan, there is a custom of consoling the spirits of ancestors during the Obon season.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    寺じ院いんでは、様さま々ざまな形かたちで故こ人じんの慰い霊れいを執とり行おこなっている。

    Temples conduct memorial services for the deceased in various forms.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    災さい害がいで命いのちを落おとした方かた々がたの慰い霊れい碑ひが建こん立りゅうされた。

    A monument was erected to console the spirits of those who lost their lives in the disaster.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    慰
    なぐさ.める・なぐさ.む…(1)
    consolation・amusement・seduce・cheer・make sport of…(2)
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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