Word Meaning 川施餓鬼

かわせがき kawasegaki

川施餓鬼 is read as かわせがき (kawasegaki) and means Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river.

Meaning

English

Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river
offering to suffering spirits at the river

Reading

Kana

かわせがき

Romaji

kawasegaki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 119644 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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施餓鬼

せがき

service for the benefit of suffering spirits

餓鬼

がき

preta

餓鬼道

がきどう

hungry ghost (preta) realm

餓鬼んちょ

がきんちょ

brat

墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよ

すみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよ

grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously

川端

かわばた

riverside

川柳

せんりゅう

senryū

川沿い

かわぞい

along the river

川瀬

かわせ

rapids

川崎

かわさき

Kawasaki (city)

川崎七分

かわさきしちぶ

type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

川崎重工業

かわさきじゅうこうぎょう

Kawasaki Heavy Industries