供く養よう

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供養する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

memorial service; holding a memorial service

A Buddhist or secular ceremony to honor and comfort the spirits of the deceased. Often used with する to mean 'hold a memorial service'.

〈人ひと〉を供く養ようするto hold a memorial service for someone
毎まい年とし、亡なくなった祖そ父ふを供く養ようしている。
Every year we hold a memorial service for my late grandfather.
〈物もの〉を供く養ようするto ceremonially bless and dispose of/honor an object (e.g. old dolls, needles)
古ふるくなった人にん形ぎょうを寺てらで供く養ようしてもらった。
I had the temple perform a memorial ceremony for my old doll.
〈場ば所しょ〉で供く養ようを行おこなうto conduct a memorial service at a place
お寺てらで先せん祖ぞの供く養ようを行おこなった。
We held a memorial service for our ancestors at the temple.

法ほう事じN2
法事 refers specifically to a Buddhist memorial service held on set anniversaries, while 供養 covers any act—prayer, offering, or ritual—performed to comfort the dead.
法ほう要よう
法要 is a formal, often larger-scale Buddhist rite similar to 法事, whereas 供養 is the broader concept that can include small personal acts of remembrance.
追つい悼とうN1
追悼 means mourning or paying tribute to the deceased and is often secular, while 供養 carries a stronger religious or ritual connotation.
冥めい福ふく
供養 refers to a memorial service or ritual offering for the dead, while 冥福 is the peaceful afterlife state one prays for on their behalf.

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鎮ちん魂こん
供養 is a broader Buddhist memorial rite for the deceased, while 鎮魂 specifically focuses on calming or laying the soul to rest.
墓はか参まいりN2
供養 refers more broadly to memorial rites or offerings for the dead, whereas 墓参り specifically means the act of visiting the grave itself.
弔とむらう
供養する specifically refers to Buddhist-style memorial offerings or prayers, whereas 弔う is broader and can be secular.
慰い霊れい
供養 is the broader Buddhist practice of making offerings for the dead's well-being in the afterlife, whereas 慰霊 is about consoling spirits and isn't limited to Buddhism.

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水みず子こ供く養よう
memorial service for a miscarried or stillborn child
永えい代たい供く養よう
perpetual memorial services; eternal Buddhist rites for the deceased
追つい善ぜん供く養よう
memorial service; Buddhist memorial rite
開かい眼げん供く養よう
eye-opening ceremony; consecration of a Buddhist image

From Middle Chinese 供養 (kjowngH yangX, 'to make offerings, to support'). The Japanese reading くよう reflects the go-on pronunciation.