前ぜん夜や式しき

noun

wake (before a funeral)

Refers to a gathering held the night before a funeral, similar to a wake in Christian contexts. The term is not widely used in everyday Japanese; 通夜 (つや) is the more common word for a Buddhist wake.

• 前ぜん夜や式しきは葬そう儀ぎの前ぜん夜やに行おこなわれる集あつまりです。

  A 前夜式 is a gathering held the night before the funeral.