Word Meaning 永代供養

えいたいくよう eitaikuyou

永代供養 is read as えいたいくよう (eitaikuyou) and means services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul.

Meaning

English

services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul

Reading

Kana

えいたいくよう

Romaji

eitaikuyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 52255 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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供養

くよう

memorial service for the dead

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

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)

永代

えいたい

permanence

永代使用料

えいたいしようりょう

one-time fee for grave land rental

永代借地

えいたいしゃくち

perpetual lease

供養塚

くようづか

unknown person's grave

供養塔

くようとう

memorial tower