供養

くよう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive memorial service for the dead; holding a service

Kanji

• 供 offer. Read as ク.
• 養 nourish. Read as ヨウ.

Example sentences

• 今年は亡き母の忌中のため盂蘭盆供養会はないが、先祖の墓の掃除に行く。
  This year there isn't a bon festival memorial ceremony for my departed mother, but I will go to clean my ancestors' graves.

Common phrases

• 供養を行う
• 供養をする
• 供養になる
• 霊を供養する

Words containing 供養

• 供養塔 (くようとう) memorial tower
• 追善供養 (ついぜんくよう) memorial service
• 永代供養 (えいたいくよう) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul

And 6 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists