墓: Grave; TombKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボ
- Kun'yomi
- はか
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 53 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボ)
- 墓地ぼちcemetery; graveyard
- 墓石ぼせきtombstone; gravestone
- 墓前ぼぜんin front of a grave
- 墓標ぼひょうgrave marker; gravestone
- 墓碑ぼひgravestone; tombstone
- 墓穴ぼけつgrave (pit)
- 墳墓ふんぼgrave; tomb
- 陵墓りょうぼimperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
- 両墓制りょうぼせいsystem of having one actual grave for the body and a separate one for the soul
- 公園墓地こうえんぼちgarden cemetery; park cemetery
- 共同墓地きょうどうぼちpublic cemetery
- 再葬墓さいそうぼsecondary grave (usu. for disinterred and washed bones); reburial grave
- 周堤墓しゅうていぼgrave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)
- 墓上ぼじょうon a grave; by a grave
- 墓園ぼえんcemetery; graveyard
- 墓域ぼいきcemetery area; land set aside for burial
- 墓室ぼしつburial chamber
- 墓碑銘ぼひめいepitaph; inscription on a tombstone
- 墓穴を掘るぼけつをほるto dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself
- 墓苑ぼえんcemetery; graveyard
- 墓表ぼひょうgrave marker; gravestone
- 墓誌ぼしepitaph; inscription on a tomb
- 墓誌銘ぼしめいname of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph
- 墳丘墓ふんきゅうぼtomb embedded in a Yayoi period barrow
- 展墓てんぼvisiting a grave
- 支石墓しせきぼdolmen; portal tomb
- 横穴墓よこあなぼtunnel tomb (Kofun period)
- 無縁墓地むえんぼちcemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 墓はかgravesite; tomb
- 墓参りはかまいりvisit to a grave
- 墓場はかばgraveyard; cemetery
- 墓所はかどころgraveyard
- ゆりかごから墓場までゆりかごからはかばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
- 参り墓まいりばかgrave for the soul of a deceased person
- 埋め墓うめばかgrave for the body of a deceased person
- 墓じまいはかじまいdismantling a (family) tomb
- 墓に布団は着せられぬはかにふとんはきせられぬit is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead
- 墓掘りはかほりgravedigger
- 墓泥棒はかどろぼうgrave robber; grave robbing
- 墓荒らしはかあらしgrave-robbing
- 御墓みはかimperial tomb
- 捨て墓すてばかgrave for the body of a deceased person
- 揺りかごから墓場までゆりかごからはかばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
- 揺り籃から墓場までゆりかごからはかばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
- 揺り籠から墓場までゆりかごからはかばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
- 浅墓あさはかshallow; superficial
- 無縁墓むえんばかtomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death
- 詣り墓まいりばかgrave for the soul of a deceased person
Other readings
- 墓参はかまいりvisit to a grave
- 墓守りはかもりgrave keeper
- 夫婦墓めおとばかhusband and wife tomb
- 捨墓すてばかgrave for the body of a deceased person
- 揺籃から墓場までゆりかごからはかばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
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