Illustration: Inside a Japanese funeral hall, relatives in formal mourning clothes gather before a coffin surrounded by flowers. A framed portrait of the deceased stands above the arrangement, with no visible inscription.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

葬そう式しき

soushiki

funeral

Example sentences

  1. 葬式そうしきには黒くろい服ふくを着きていくのが習慣しゅうかんです。

    It is traditional to wear black to a funeral.

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  2. 彼かれの葬式そうしきには出でなかった。

    I didn’t attend his funeral.

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  3. 彼かれの葬式そうしきには大勢たいせいの人ひとが参列さんれつした。

    A great many people attended his funeral.

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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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