Illustration: In a family tatami room, a grandmother helps an adult grandchild arrange ceremonial belongings taken from a wardrobe. A formal black suit lies beside both a white tie and a black tie, while prayer beads rest in their own small case.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

冠かん婚こん葬そう祭さい

kankonsousai

family ceremonies and celebrations

Includes weddings and funerals. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この地域ちいきの旧家きゅうかでは冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいには必かならずうどんを出だしたという。

    It is believed that old-established families in these regions used to serve Udon invariably on ceremonial occasions.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 一般いっぱんの冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいに使用しようする袱紗ふくさとは種類しゅるいが異ことなる。

    Fukusa for the tea ceremony are different from fukusa used for funerals, weddings, and other ceremonial occasions.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 昔むかしは冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいの時ときに必かならず飲のまれ、現在げんざいも正月しょうがつに屠蘇とそとして使用しようされる事ことが多おおい。

    In old days it was always partaken of at ceremonial functions and even nowadays it is often used as a spiced sake drunk at New Year.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 冠婚葬祭

  • 冠crown; bestOnカンKunかんむり
  • 婚marriageOnコン
  • 葬interment; buryOnソウKunほうむる
  • 祭ritual; offer prayersOnサイKunまつる・まつり・まつり

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