墓
墓

grave, tomb

13 strokesFrequency 1,337JLPT N1Grade 5

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

grave

Constituents

?dirt
?flowers
莫graveyard
?ground
?St. Bernard
土soil
大large
日day
日sun

Mnemonic Stories

A grave is soil that you must not disturb.

Dictionary

Common Words

墓はかNounFreq #4638
1

grave; gravesite; tomb

Examples
私は彼の墓を立ち去り難かった。
I hesitated to leave his grave.
墓地ぼちはかちNounFreq #11855
1

cemetery; graveyard

Examples
彼はこの墓地に埋葬されている。
He was buried in this graveyard.
墓場はかばNounFreq #12604
1

graveyard; cemetery

Examples
ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
浅はかあさはか《浅墓》~な Adj.Freq #14038
1

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

Examples
私はあさはかにも彼が私を助けてくれるんだなあと思った。
I foolishly imagined that he was going to help me.
墓参り墓参はかまいりぼさん (墓参)NounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #16981
1

visit to a grave

Examples
私たちは父の墓参りをした。
We visited our father's grave.
墓石ぼせきはかいしNounFreq #18975
1

tombstone; gravestone

墓標墓表ぼひょうはかじるし (墓標)NounFreq #22482
1

grave marker; gravestone; headstone

2

ぼひょう only

writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

墓穴を掘るぼけつをほるExpressionGodan verbFreq #24806
1

Idiomatic expression

to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

墓所ぼしょはかしょはかどころNounFreq #29743
1

graveyard

墓穴ぼけつはかあなNounFreq #30906
1

grave (pit)

Examples
彼は自ら墓穴を掘ってるね。
He is digging his own grave.

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