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    3. 本葬

    本葬

    本ほん葬そう

    formal funeral

    KMT10News #37+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ほんそう

    Noun

    1.
    formal funeral

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    彼かれの本ほん葬そうは来らい週しゅう行おこなわれる。

    His formal funeral will be held next week.

    KMT8Culture & Traditions
    本ほん葬そうには遠えん方ぽうからも多おおくの参さん列れつ者しゃが訪おとずれた。

    Many attendees came from afar to the formal funeral.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    家か族ぞく葬そうの後あと、改あらためて本ほん葬そうが執とり行おこなわれた。

    After the family funeral, a formal funeral was held again.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    故こ人じんの功こう績せきを称たたえるため、盛せい大だいな本ほん葬そうが計けい画かくされている。

    A grand formal funeral is being planned to honor the deceased's achievements.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな本ほん葬そうでは、僧そう侶りょによる読どっ経きょうが行おこなわれることが多おおい。

    In traditional Japanese formal funerals, Buddhist sutra chanting by monks is often performed.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    葬
    ほうむ.る…(2)
    interment・bury・shelve
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