墓 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 墓意味

grave, tomb

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墓 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

はか haka

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ボ bo

Examples

私は彼の墓を立ち去り難かった。

I hesitated to leave his grave.

彼らは墓を掘った。

They dug a grave.

彼を墓に埋めた。

They buried him in his grave.

港を見下ろす墓に墓碑を立てた。

They set up a tombstone over the grave overlooking the harbor.

お墓には供花が供えられていた。

An offering of flowers had been placed at the grave.

あのお墓には誰が入っているのだろう。

I wonder who’s buried in that tomb.

「ロメオはどこだ」「こちらへ。お墓へ」

“Where is Romeo?” “This way! To the tomb!”

その少年は死んだ自分のペットのために墓を掘った。

The boy dug a grave for his dead pet.

その少年は死んだ自分の犬のために墓を掘った。

The boy dug a grave for his dog that had died.

彼女はただ父の墓の前でとめどなく涙を流した。

She simply wept a river of tears before her father’s grave.

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黙 silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is

須 ought, by all means, necessarily

偏 partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

雰 atmosphere, fog

遇 meet, encounter, interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal with