十じゅう七しち回かい忌き

noun

16th death anniversary; 16th memorial service

Buddhist memorial service held on the 16th anniversary of a person's death. Part of a series of periodic memorials; the counting includes the first anniversary as 一周忌, so 十七回忌 is the 16th year after death.

• 来らい月げつは祖そ母ぼの十じゅう七しち回かい忌きです。

  Next month is the 16th memorial service for my grandmother.