Moto 葬: Interment; Bury; ShelveKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi
- ほうむ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 67 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ)
- 葬儀そうぎfuneral service
- 社葬しゃそうcompany funeral
- 葬式そうしきfuneral
- 埋葬まいそうburial
- 葬送そうそうfuneral; burial rites
- 葬祭そうさいfunerals and ceremonial occasions
- 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいimportant ceremonial occasions in family relationships
- 火葬かそうcremation
- 会葬かいそうattendance at a funeral
- 副葬品ふくそうひんgrave goods; burial accessories
- 国葬こくそうstate funeral; national funeral
- 土葬どそうburial; interment
- 密葬みっそうprivate funeral; secret burial
- 本葬ほんそうformal funeral
- 葬儀社そうぎしゃundertaker's office; funeral home
- 葬列そうれつfuneral procession
- 仏葬ぶっそうBuddhist funeral
- 仮埋葬かりまいそうtemporary burial
- 仮葬かそうtemporary burial
- 会社葬かいしゃそうcompany funeral
- 会葬者かいそうしゃattendants at a funeral; mourners
- 公葬こうそうpublic funeral
- 再葬墓さいそうぼsecondary grave (usu. for disinterred and washed bones); reburial grave
- 副葬ふくそうburying a dead person's personal belongings with the body
- 合同葬ごうどうそうgroup funeral; mass funeral
- 合葬がっそうjoint burial; group burial
- 埋葬地まいそうちburial place (ground); cemetery
- 大葬たいそうimperial funeral
- 家族葬かぞくそうfamily funeral
- 屈葬くっそうcrouched burial
- 市葬しそうmunicipal funeral
- 改葬かいそうreburial
- 斂葬れんそうinterment; burial
- 校葬こうそうschool funeral
- 水葬すいそうburial at sea
- 水葬礼すいそうれいburial at sea
- 海葬かいそうburial at sea
- 火葬場かそうばcrematory; crematorium
- 火葬場従業員かそうばじゅうぎょういんcrematorium worker
- 生前葬せいぜんそうfuneral performed for somebody while they are alive; living funeral
- 神葬しんそうShinto funeral
- 神葬祭しんそうさいShinto funeral ceremony
- 自然葬しぜんそう"natural funeral"; returning a dead person to nature (esp. through the scattering of ashes)
- 葬そうfuneral
- 葬の列そうのれつfuneral procession
- 葬儀場そうぎじょうfuneral home
- 葬儀屋そうぎやfuneral parlor (parlour); funeral home
- 葬儀式そうぎしきfuneral ceremony; wake
- 葬具そうぐfuneral accessories; funeral items
- 葬式仏教そうしきぶっきょうfuneral Buddhism; modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment
- 葬礼そうれいfuneral
- 葬送曲そうそうきょくfuneral march
- 葬送歌そうそうかdirge; elegy
- 葬送行進曲そうそうこうしんきょくfuneral journey; funeral march
- 葬頭川そうずがわSanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 葬り去るほうむりさるto consign to oblivion
- 葬るほうむるto bury; to inter
- やみからやみに葬るやみからやみにほうむるto cover up; to hush up
- 葬りほうむりburial
Other readings
- 埋葬虫しでむしcarrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
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