墓
grave, tomb
Readings
On'yomi
- ボ
Kun'yomi
- はか
Meaning
墓 centers on a physical place for the dead: a grave or tomb, where remains are buried and memorialized.
Most common words using 墓
20 of 51- 墓はかN3
grave; gravesite; tomb
- 墓地ぼちN2
cemetery; graveyard
- 墓場はかば
graveyard; cemetery
- 墓石ぼせき
tombstone; gravestone
- 墓参りはかまいりN2
visit to a grave
- 墓穴ぼけつ
grave (pit)
- 墓標ぼひょう
grave marker; gravestone; headstone
- 墓所ぼしょ
graveyard
- 墓守はかもり
grave maintenance; grave keeper
- 墳墓ふんぼ
grave; tomb
- 墓前ぼぜん
in front of a grave
- 陵墓りょうぼ
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
- 墓碑ぼひ
gravestone; tombstone
- 墓碑銘ぼひめい
epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
- ゆりかごから墓場までゆりかごからはかばまで
from the cradle to the grave
- スマ墓スマぼ
smart grave (app)
- 両墓制りょうぼせい
double-grave system; system of having one grave for the body and a separate one for prayers and services
- 公園墓地こうえんぼち
garden cemetery; park cemetery; memorial park
- 共同墓地きょうどうぼち
public cemetery
- 再葬墓さいそうぼ
secondary grave (usu. for disinterred and washed bones); reburial grave
Study
Etymology
墓 combines 土 (earth, soil) with 莫, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest covering or darkness, fitting a grave covered by earth.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 莫 looks like a mound of grass and plants, and the bottom 土 is earth. Picture a grassy mound of earth marking a grave.
Reading mnemonic
For ボ, imagine a solemn bow (お辞儀) at a grave: bow -> ボ, as you pay respects at the tomb.