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忌日

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 忌日.

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Entry

忌日にちじつNounFreq #95473
1

anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed)

2

49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary

7 strokesFrequency 1,882JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

い.むい.みい.まわしい

Nanori

いまわ

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

4 strokesFrequency 1JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ニチジツ

Kun

-び-か

Nanori

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

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