Word Meaning 供養

くよう kuyou

供養 is read as くよう (kuyou) and means memorial service for the dead.

Meaning

English

  1. memorial service for the dead
  2. holding a service

Reading

Kana

くよう

Romaji

kuyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 13598 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

供養塚

くようづか

unknown person's grave

供養塔

くようとう

memorial tower

手元供養

てもとくよう

keeping (part of) a person's ashes in one's home or inside a pendant, etc.

水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

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

針供養

はりくよう

memorial service for old needles

花供養

はなくよう

commemoration of the Buddha's birthday

追善供養

ついぜんくよう

memorial service

開眼供養

かいげんくよう

ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

供応

きょうおう

entertaining with food and drink

供給源

きょうきゅうげん

source of supply

供託

きょうたく

deposit

Example Sentences

1

This year there isn't a bon festival memorial ceremony for my departed mother, but I will go to clean my ancestors' graves.