過か去こ帳ちょう

noun

family death register; Buddhist necrology

A register kept at a Buddhist temple or at home, recording the posthumous names, death dates, and sometimes ages of deceased family members. Used for memorial services and ancestor veneration.

• お寺てらで過か去こ帳ちょうを見みせてもらい、先せん祖ぞの戒かい名みょうを確かく認にんした。

  I was shown the death register at the temple and checked my ancestors' posthumous names.

• 祖そ母ぼは毎まい朝あさ、過か去こ帳ちょうを開ひらいて手てを合あわせている。

  Every morning, my grandmother opens the family death register and prays.