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    法事

    法ほう事じ

    Buddhist memorial service

    KMT9News #31+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ほうじ

    Noun

    1.
    Buddhist memorial service

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    明あし日た、祖そ母ぼの法ほう事じがある。

    Tomorrow, there will be a Buddhist memorial service for my grandmother.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsReligion & Philosophy
    毎まい年とし、お盆ぼんの時じ期きに親しん戚せきが集あつまって法ほう事じを行おこなう。

    Every year, relatives gather during the Obon season to hold a Buddhist memorial service.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな法ほう事じでは、僧そう侶りょがお経きょうを唱となえる。

    In traditional Japanese Buddhist memorial services, monks chant sutras.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    遠えん方ぽうに住すむ親しん戚せきも、法ほう事じのためにわざわざ集あつまってくれた。

    Relatives living far away also made the effort to gather for the memorial service.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    法ほう事じの準じゅん備びは多た岐きにわたり、お寺てらとの連れん絡らくから食しょく事じの手て配はいまで気きを配くばる必ひつ要ようがある。

    Preparations for a Buddhist memorial service are extensive, requiring attention from contacting the temple to arranging meals.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    法
    のり…(5)
    method・law・rule・principle・model…(1)
    事
    こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)
    matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)
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