墓ぼ標ひょう

noun

grave marker; gravestone; headstone

Physical marker on a grave, typically a stone with inscriptions.

• 古ふるい墓ぼ標ひょうが苔こけむしていた。

  The old gravestone was covered with moss.

• 彼かれは戦せん没ぼつ者しゃの墓ぼ標ひょうの前まえに立たった。

  He stood before the grave markers of the war dead.

noun

inscription on a headstone

Only with reading ぼひょう

Refers specifically to the writing on a gravestone, such as names and dates. Reading is ぼひょう.

• 墓ぼ標ひょうには戒かい名みょうと没ぼつ年ねん月がっ日ぴが刻きざまれていた。

  The headstone was inscribed with a posthumous Buddhist name and the date of death.