Word Meaning 墓参り

はかまいり hakamairi

墓参り is read as はかまいり (hakamairi) and means visit to a grave.

Meaning

English

  1. visit to a grave

Reading

Kana

はかまいり

Romaji

hakamairi

Writing Variants

  • 墓参 はかまいり hakamairi
  • 墓参 ぼさん bosan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 1079 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

墓地

ぼち

cemetery

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

墓所

ぼしょ

graveyard

はか

grave

墓石

ぼせき

tombstone

墓標

ぼひょう

writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

墓前

ぼぜん

in front of a grave

墓場

はかば

graveyard

墓碑

ぼひ

gravestone

初宮参り

はつみやまいり

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

宮参り

みやまいり

visiting a shrine

お宮参り

おみやまいり

visiting a shrine

Example Sentences

7

まいにちおはかまいりにいきます。

I go to visit the grave every day.

I visited my father's grave.

We visited our father's grave.

I visited my father's grave.

I went to visit my grandfather's grave today.

It's a good idea to bring cleaning equipment with you when you go to visit a grave.

Tom and Mary went to the cemetery to visit their mothers' graves.