鎮魂

• 読み: ちんこん
• ローマ字: chinkon
• 漢字の分解: 鎮 (chin) — pacify, calm, suppress; 魂 (kon) — soul, spirit
• 発音: /tɕiŋkon/

意味

Repose of souls; requiem; pacification of spirits. Rituals or prayers offered to calm and comfort the spirits of the dead.

A compound of 鎮 (pacify, calm) and 魂 (soul, spirit). In Japanese religious practice, which blends Shinto and Buddhist traditions, the spirits of the dead — especially those who died violently or in anguish — are believed to require pacification to prevent them from causing harm (祟り). 鎮魂 rites are held at memorials, battlefields, and disaster sites. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki peace ceremonies have strong 鎮魂 dimensions.

例文

1. 被災地では犠牲者への鎮魂を込めて毎年追悼式が行われる。
2. 戦争で亡くなった兵士たちの鎮魂のために慰霊碑が建てられた。
3. 鎮魂の祈りを捧げながら、遺族たちは静かに黙祷した。

使い方ガイド

場面: religion, memorials, history, disaster commemoration

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

From 鎮 (chin) — to pacify, suppress, calm, and 魂 (kon/tama) — soul, spirit. The concept is deeply embedded in Japanese spiritual culture, predating the arrival of Buddhism and rooted in animistic beliefs about the need to appease wandering or angry spirits.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General