墓はか

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈人ひと〉が墓はかに入はいるfor someone to be laid to rest (buried) in a grave

  祖そ父ふはこの墓はかに入はいっている。

  My grandfather is buried in this grave.

• 墓はかを建たてるto build/erect a grave

  父ちちの死し後ご、家か族ぞくは新あたらしい墓はかを建たてた。

  After my father's death, the family built a new grave.

• 墓はかに花はなを供そなえるto offer flowers at a grave

  毎まい年ねんお盆ぼんに墓はかに花はなを供そなえる。

  Every year during Obon, we offer flowers at the grave.

• 墓はかの前まえで手てを合あわせるto press one's hands together in prayer in front of a grave

  彼かれは墓はかの前まえで手てを合あわせて祈いのった。

  He pressed his hands together and prayed in front of the grave.

• 墓はかを掃そう除じするto clean a grave

  お彼ひ岸がんに家か族ぞくで墓はかを掃そう除じした。

  During Higan, the family cleaned the grave together.

Expressions

• ゆりかごから墓はか場ばまでfrom the cradle to the grave
• 墓はかに布ふ団とんは着きせられぬyou can't put a futon on a grave; it's too late to show filial piety after your parents are dead