Kanji

墓

grave, tomb

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

土部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はか

Nanori (Name Reading)

つか

Common Readings

ボ, はか

Example sentences

はか
毎年お盆には家族で先祖の墓に参ります。

Every year during Obon, our family visits the ancestors' graves.

遺骨 いこつ
遺族は遺骨を墓に納めた。

The bereaved family placed the remains in the grave.

墓場 はかば
夜の墓場は静まり返っており、少し不気味だった。

The graveyard at night was silent and a bit eerie.

墓地 ぼち
この町には、古くからある大きな墓地があります。

There is a large cemetery in this town that has been there for a long time.

葬る ほうむる
亡くなった友人を静かに墓地に葬った。

I quietly buried my deceased friend in the cemetery.

墓参り はかまいり
お盆には家族で墓参りに行くのが習慣だ。

It is a custom for the family to go and visit the graves during the Obon festival.

彼岸 ひがん
彼岸には家族みんなで墓参りに行きます。

During Higan, the whole family goes to visit the graves.

墓石 ぼせき
彼は先祖の墓石を丁寧に磨いた。

He carefully polished his ancestors' gravestone.

エピタフ エピタフ
古い墓石には、ラテン語のエピタフが刻まれていた。

An epitaph in Latin was engraved on the old tombstone.

墓穴 ぼけつ
彼は余計なことを言って墓穴を掘った

He dug his own grave by saying unnecessary things.

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