墓ぼ地ち

also: はかち

ぼ

ち

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

General term for a burial ground or graveyard.

〈人ひと〉を墓ぼ地ちに葬ほうむるto bury someone in a cemetery
祖そ父ふはこの墓ぼ地ちに葬ほうむられた。
My grandfather was buried in this cemetery.
墓ぼ地ちを訪おとずれるto visit a cemetery
毎まい年としお盆ぼんに家か族ぞくの墓ぼ地ちを訪おとずれる。
Every year during Obon, we visit our family's cemetery.
〈人ひと〉が墓ぼ地ちに眠ねむるfor someone to rest (be buried) in a cemetery
有ゆう名めいな作さっ家かがこの墓ぼ地ちに眠ねむっている。
A famous writer rests in this cemetery.

霊れい園えん
霊園 is a more formal, often landscaped cemetery park, while 墓地 is the general, everyday word for any graveyard.
墓はかN3
墓 refers to a single grave or tomb, whereas 墓地 refers to the whole burial ground containing many graves.
墓はか場ば
墓地 is the more formal or official term for a cemetery, while 墓場 sounds slightly more colloquial or literary.
青せい山ざん
墓地 is the plain, everyday word for a graveyard, while 青山 is a literary and poetic term for the same idea.

墓はかN3
墓地 is a cemetery or graveyard as a whole, while 墓 refers to a single grave or tomb within it.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 墓, “grave,” and 地, “ground or site.” The reading ぼち uses the established Sino-Japanese readings of both characters.