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    3. 火葬

    火葬

    火か葬そう

    cremation

    KMT8News #21+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    かそう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    cremation

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    日に本ほんでは火か葬そうが一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

    Cremation is common in Japan.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    故こ人じんの遺い志しにより、火か葬そうが行おこなわれた。

    Cremation was performed according to the deceased's wishes.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    火か葬そうの儀ぎ式しきは、多おおくの文ぶん化かで見 られる。

    The ritual of cremation is seen in many cultures.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    火か葬そう後ごの遺い骨こつは、通つう常じょう、お墓はかに納おさめられるか、散さん骨こつされる。

    After cremation, the remains are usually interred in a grave or scattered.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    古こ代だいインドでは、火か葬そうが重じゅう要ような葬そう送そう儀ぎ礼れいだった。

    In ancient India, cremation was an important funeral rite.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    葬
    ほうむ.る…(2)
    interment・bury・shelve
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