レクイエム
also: レクエム
Meanings
1
A musical composition or mass for the dead; also used metaphorically for something that mourns or commemorates loss.
from Latin
Mozart's Requiem was left unfinished.
This piece was composed as a requiem for a departed friend.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉にレクイエムを捧げるto dedicate a requiem to someone (in their memory)
The composer dedicated a requiem to his late wife.
- レクイエムを作曲するto compose a requiem
Mozart composed a requiem at the end of his life.
- 〈事〉へのレクイエムとなるto become a metaphorical requiem for something (marking its end or loss)
The news became a requiem for his career.