Illustration: In a small Japanese funeral hall, relatives in black formal clothing quietly gather before a flower-covered altar, a framed portrait of an elderly woman and a closed coffin. One mourner offers incense while the next waits with prayer beads held between joined hands.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お葬そう式しき

osoushiki

funeral

The お makes this a polite form of 葬式. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムって、お葬式そうしきの時ときいた？

    Was Tom at the funeral?

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  2. 今日きょうはお葬式そうしきに行いかなきゃいけないの。

    I have to go to a funeral today.

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  3. お葬式そうしきで、未亡人みぼうじんは黒くろいスーツ、帽子ぼうしそして手袋てぶくろをしてとてもしっかりとして見みえた。

    At the funeral, the widow looked very dignified, with her black suit, hat and gloves.

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Kanji in 葬式

  • 葬interment; buryOnソウKunほうむる
  • 式style; ceremonyOnシキ

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