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追悼 (ついとう, tsuitou) Japanese meaning: mourning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 追悼する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 追つい 悼とう する 追つい 悼とう しない Polite 追つい 悼とう します 追つい 悼とう しません Past polite 追つい 悼とう しました 追つい 悼とう しませんでした Past 追つい 悼とう した 追つい 悼とう しなかった Te-form 追つい 悼とう して 追つい 悼とう しないで Desire 追つい 悼とう したい 追つい 悼とう したくない Potential 追つい 悼とう できる 追つい 悼とう できない Passive 追つい 悼とう される 追つい 悼とう されない Causative 追つい 悼とう させる 追つい 悼とう させない Causative passive 追つい 悼とう させられる 追つい 悼とう させられない Volitional 追つい 悼とう しよう Polite volitional 追つい 悼とう しましょう Imperative 追つい 悼とう しろ 追つい 悼とう するな Conditional 追つい 悼とう すれば 追つい 悼とう しなければ Tara conditional 追つい 悼とう したら 追つい 悼とう しなかったら
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A memorial service for my friend was held yesterday.
He gave a speech mourning the war dead.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 追つい 悼とう する to mourn/pay tribute to someone
We pay tribute to the director who passed away last week.
追つい 悼とう 式しき を 行おこな う to hold a memorial service
The company held a memorial service for the former president.
追つい 悼とう の 意い を 表あらわ す to express one's tribute/condolences
The prime minister expressed his condolences to the victims of the accident.
Kanji 追 chase, drive away, follow Related words· 6 哀悼 focuses on personal grief and condolences toward the bereaved, while 追悼 emphasizes publicly honoring and remembering the deceased.
慰霊 means consoling the spirits of the dead, often through rituals, whereas 追悼 centers on remembering and paying tribute to the person.
供養 is a Buddhist memorial rite performed for the dead, while 追悼 is a broader, often secular act of honoring someone's memory.
弔う is a verb meaning to mourn or hold a funeral for someone, while 追悼 is a noun/suru-verb referring to the formal act of tribute.
Show 2 more 追悼 refers broadly to mourning or memorializing the dead (speeches, ceremonies), while 黙とう is specifically the silent act itself.
追悼 focuses on mourning and honoring the memory of the dead, while 鎮魂 focuses on the spiritual act of calming the departed soul.
Word family· 7 memorial service; memorial gathering
memorial service; memorial ceremony
memorial monument; memorial stone
memorial mass; requiem mass
Etymology 追 (つい, 'to follow, to pursue') + 悼 (とう, 'to grieve, to lament'). The compound conveys the idea of 'pursuing the memory of the deceased with grief,' i.e., mourning and remembrance.
memorial site; memorial facility
