Meanings
Readings
Common Words
grave; gravesite; tomb
cemetery; graveyard
graveyard; cemetery
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
visit to a grave
grave marker; gravestone; headstone
ぼひょう only
writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
Idiomatic expression
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
A grave is soil that you must not disturb.
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