葬

interment, bury, shelve

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ほうむ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

はふり

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:754

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
火葬	カソウ	cremation
冠婚葬祭	カンコンソウサイ	important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
葬儀	ソウギ	funeral; funeral service
葬式	ソウシキ	funeral
葬送	ソウソウ	attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
葬る	ほうむる	to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
葬る	ほうぶる	to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
密葬	みっそう	private funeral; secret burial
葬り去る	ほうむりさる	to consign to oblivion
お葬式	おそうしき	funeral

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