お通つ夜や

noun

wake; all-night vigil over a body

Polite term for the Buddhist wake held the night before a funeral, where family and friends gather to spend the night with the deceased.

See also: 通夜

• 祖そ母ぼのお通つ夜やにはたくさんの人ひとが来きてくれた。

  Many people came to my grandmother's wake.

• お通つ夜やは午ご後ご六ろく時じから始はじまります。

  The wake will begin at 6 p.m.