両りょう墓ぼ制せい

noun

double-grave system

Historical Japanese burial custom where the body is interred in one grave (埋め墓) and a separate grave (詣り墓) is used for memorial services and prayers.

• 両りょう墓ぼ制せいは、主おもに西にし日本にほんで見みられた風ふう習しゅうです。

  The double-grave system was a custom seen mainly in western Japan.

• 民みん俗ぞく学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで両りょう墓ぼ制せいについて学まなんだ。

  I learned about the double-grave system in a folklore class.