年忌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 1

Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んき [nèńkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nẽ̞ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

(ねん)() • (nenki

  1. (Buddhism) deathday, year's mind: the anniversary of a person's death or a service performed on that day

Synonyms

  • 回忌(かいき) (kaiki)
  • 年回(ねんかい) (nenkai)
  • 年回忌(ねんかいき) (nenkaiki)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN