Word Meaning 碑
碑 is read as いしぶみ (ishibumi) and means stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations).
Meaning
English
- stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations)
- stele
- stela
Reading
Kana
いしぶみ
Romaji
ishibumi
Writing Variants
- 石文 いしぶみ ishibumi
- 碑 ひ hi
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
7記念碑が公園に建てられた。
The monument was set up in the park.
この記念碑は1985年の2月に建てられた。
This monument was erected in February, 1985.
故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。
A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.
彼女に敬意を表して記念碑が建てられた。
A monument was erected in her honor.
この道を行けば記念碑の所へ行けますよ。
This road will lead you to the monument.
1958年、その記念碑は広島平和公園に建てられた。
In 1958, the statue was built in the Hiroshima Peace Park.
ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。
Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.