追つい悼とう

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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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

mourning; memorial

Used for expressing grief and honoring the deceased, often in formal ceremonies, speeches, or written tributes. Commonly appears in compounds like 追悼式 (memorial service) and 追悼文 (memorial message).

昨日きのう、友ゆう人じんの追つい悼とう式しきが行おこなわれた。
A memorial service for my friend was held yesterday.
彼かれは戦せん没ぼつ者しゃを追つい悼とうするスピーチをした。
He gave a speech mourning the war dead.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を追つい悼とうするto mourn/pay tribute to someone
先せん週しゅう亡なくなった監かん督とくを追つい悼とうする。
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
会かい社しゃは元もと社しゃ長ちょうの追つい悼とう式しきを行おこなった。
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
首しゅ相しょうは事じ故この犠ぎ牲せい者しゃに追つい悼とうの意いを表あらわした。
The prime minister expressed his condolences to the victims of the accident.

Expressions

追つい悼とうの辞じmemorial address; eulogy

Kanji

追chase, drive away, follow
悼lament, grieve over

Related words· 6

哀あい悼とう
哀悼 focuses on personal grief and condolences toward the bereaved, while 追悼 emphasizes publicly honoring and remembering the deceased.
慰い霊れい
慰霊 means consoling the spirits of the dead, often through rituals, whereas 追悼 centers on remembering and paying tribute to the person.
供く養よう
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.
弔とむらう
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.

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黙もくとう
追悼 refers broadly to mourning or memorializing the dead (speeches, ceremonies), while 黙とう is specifically the silent act itself.
鎮ちん魂こん
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.

Don't confuse with

追つい討とう
追討 (also read ついとう) means to pursue and subdue an enemy, a completely different meaning from 追悼's mourning sense despite the identical pronunciation.

Word family· 7

追つい悼とう会かい
memorial service; memorial gathering
追つい悼とう式しき
memorial service; memorial ceremony
追つい悼とう碑ひ
memorial monument; memorial stone
追つい悼とうミサ
memorial mass; requiem mass
追つい悼とう施し設せつ
memorial site; memorial facility

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追つい悼とう演えん説ぜつ
funeral oration; funeral speech; eulogy
戦せん没ぼつ者しゃ追つい悼とう
war memorial; memorial to war dead

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.