喪も中ちゅう

noun

in mourning

Refers to the period of mourning after a family member's death, during which one refrains from celebrations and sending New Year's cards.

• 今年ことしは喪も中ちゅうなので、年ねん賀が状じょうを出だしません。

  I am in mourning this year, so I will not send New Year's cards.