Word Meaning 喪中欠礼

もちゅうけつれい mochuuketsurei

喪中欠礼 is read as もちゅうけつれい (mochuuketsurei) and means refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning.

Meaning

English

  1. refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning

Reading

Kana

もちゅうけつれい

Romaji

mochuuketsurei

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 91669 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

喪礼

そうれい

funeral

喪中

もちゅう

in mourning

大喪の礼

たいそうのれい

funeral service of a Japanese emperor

欠礼

けつれい

failure to pay one's compliments

近しき中に礼儀有り

ちかしきなかにれいぎあり

good fences make good neighbors

心房中隔欠損

しんぼうちゅうかくけっそん

atrial septal defect

そう

mourning

喪失

そうしつ

loss

喪主

もしゅ

chief mourner

喪服

もふく

mourning dress

喪章

もしょう

mourning band

Example Sentences

1

にほんではもちゅうけつれいのはがきをおくる。

In Japan, people send postcards to excuse themselves from New Year's greetings during mourning.