三さん十じゅう三さん回かい忌き

Meanings

32nd anniversary of death

Buddhist memorial service held on the 32nd anniversary of a person's death. Part of a series of memorial rites in Japanese Buddhist tradition.

祖そ父ふの三さん十じゅう三さん回かい忌きを営いとなんだ。
We held the 32nd memorial service for my grandfather.

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Kanji

三three
十ten
回-times, round, game
忌mourning, abhor, detestable

Related words

一いっ周しゅう忌き
First anniversary memorial service, held one year after death.
三さん回かい忌き
Second anniversary memorial service, held two years after death.
七しち回かい忌き
Sixth anniversary memorial service, held six years after death.
十じゅう三さん回かい忌き
Twelfth anniversary memorial service, held twelve years after death.
二に十じゅう三さん回かい忌き
Twenty-second anniversary memorial service, held twenty-two years after death.
三さん十じゅう三さん回かい忌き
This word; the 32nd anniversary memorial service.
五ご十じゅっ回かい忌き
Forty-ninth anniversary memorial service, held forty-nine years after death.

Etymology

From 三十三 (thirty-three) + 回忌 (anniversary of death). The term refers to the 32nd anniversary because the counting includes the death year as the first year.