Word Meaning 初七日

しょなぬか shonanuka

初七日 is read as しょなぬか (shonanuka) and means memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death.

Meaning

English

memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

Reading

Kana

しょなぬか

Romaji

shonanuka

Writing Variants

初七日 しょなのか shonanoka

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 46126 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

初日

しょじつ

first day

初日

はつひ

New Year's Day sunrise

初日の出

はつひので

first sunrise of the year

初日が出る

しょにちがでる

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

初日を出す

しょにちをだす

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

七日

なぬか

7th day of the month

七七日

なななぬか

49th day after death

二七日

ふたなぬか

second week's memorial services

週七日

しゅうなのか

seven days a week

一七日

ひとなぬか

seven days

三七日

みなぬか

21st day after death

五七日

ごしちにち

35th day after a person's death

Example Sentences

最近では、故人が亡くなってから７日目に行う初七日法要を葬儀当日に済ませることが多くなっています。

It has recently become common to hold the Buddhist seventh-day memorial service on the same day as the funeral.