Word Meaning 菩提を弔う

ぼだいをとむらう bodai o tomurau

菩提を弔う is read as ぼだいをとむらう (bodai o tomurau) and means to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras.

Meaning

English

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

Reading

Kana

ぼだいをとむらう

Romaji

bodai o tomurau

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 158082 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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菩提樹

ぼだいじゅ

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)

菩提寺

ぼだいじ

one's family temple

菩提

ぼだい

happiness in the next world

菩提道場

ぼだいどうじょう

Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

菩提心

ぼだいしん

aspiration for Buddhahood

菩提達磨

ぼだいだるま

Bodhidharma

菩提薩埵

ぼだいさった

bodhisattva

発菩提心

ほつぼだいしん

deciding to embrace Buddhism

印度菩提樹

いんどぼだいじゅ

sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提

あのくたらさんみゃくさんぼだい

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

ベンガル菩提樹

べんがるぼだいじゅ

Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

菩薩

ぼさち

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

Example Sentences

父の菩提を弔う。

ちちのぼだいをともらう。

Pray for the repose of my father's soul.