墓はか守もり

noun

grave keeper; grave maintenance

Refers to a person who looks after a grave, or the act of maintaining a grave. Often used in the context of family graves.

• 彼かれは先せん祖ぞの墓はか守もりをしている。

  He is the keeper of his ancestors' grave.

• お盆ぼんには墓はか守もりのために田舎いなかに帰かえる。

  During Obon, I return to the countryside for grave maintenance.