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葬式

そうしき

funeral, funeral service

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Examples

  1. 明日は祖母の葬式です。

    あしたはそぼのそうしきです。

    Tomorrow is my grandmother's funeral.

  2. 一月三十日と三十一日は葬式のため休みます。

    いちがつさんじゅうにちとさんじゅういちにちはそうしきのためやすみます。

    I will be off on January 30th and 31st for a funeral.

  3. 葬式には黒い服を着て行くのが決まりです。

    そうしきにはくろいふくをきていくのがきまりです。

    The rule is to wear black clothes to a funeral.

Common patterns

葬式を出す
to hold a funeral
葬式に出る
to attend a funeral
葬式のため
on account of a funeral

Memory tip

In speech it nearly always takes the polite prefix: お葬式. 葬儀 is the formal term used by funeral companies and notices.

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