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    3. 焼香

    焼香

    焼しょう香こう

    burning (offer) incense

    KMT10News #42+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    しょうこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    burning (offer) incense

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    お葬そう式しきで焼しょう香こうをした。

    I offered incense at the funeral.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    故こ人じんを偲しのび、参さん列れつ者しゃが一ひと人りずつ焼しょう香こうを行おこなった。

    Mourners offered incense one by one, remembering the deceased.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    焼しょう香こうの作さ法ほうは宗しゅう派はによって異ことなる場ば合あいがあるため、事じ前ぜんに確かく認にんすることが望のぞましい。

    The etiquette for offering incense may differ depending on the sect, so it is advisable to check beforehand.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    仏ぶっ教きょうの儀ぎ式しきにおいて、焼しょう香こうは重じゅう要ような意い味みを持もつ。

    In Buddhist rituals, offering incense holds significant meaning.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    法ほう事じでは、僧そう侶りょの読どっ経きょうの後あと、参さん列れつ者しゃが順じゅんに焼しょう香こうする。

    At a memorial service, after the monk's sutra chanting, attendees offer incense in order.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    香
    か・かお.り・かお.る…(6)
    incense・smell・perfume
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