香こう典でん

noun

condolence gift; funeral offering; incense money

Typically money given at a Japanese funeral or wake, placed in a special envelope and offered at the altar. The literal meaning is 'incense money'.

• 香こう典でんは、不ぶ祝しゅう儀ぎ袋ぶくろに入いれて持じ参さんします。

  You bring the condolence money in a special funeral envelope.

• 香こう典でんの金きん額がくは、故こ人じんとの関かん係けいによって変かわります。

  The amount of the condolence gift varies depending on your relationship with the deceased.