冠婚葬祭

• 読み: かんこんそうさい
• ローマ字: kankonsosai
• 漢字の分解: 冠 (kan) — crown, coming-of-age; 婚 (kon) — marriage; 葬 (sō) — funeral, burial; 祭 (sai) — festival, rites
• 発音: /kan.kon.soː.sai/

意味

The four major ceremonial occasions in Japanese life: coming-of-age, weddings, funerals, and ancestral rites. Collectively refers to important life-cycle events and their social obligations.

A four-character compound (yojijukugo) combining 冠 (coming-of-age ceremony), 婚 (wedding), 葬 (funeral), and 祭 (ancestral rites). Encompasses the full cycle of ritual and social obligations in Japanese society. Often used when discussing gift-giving obligations (御祝儀), absence from work, or the considerable expense such events entail. The term implies both the events themselves and the web of social duty surrounding them.

例文

1. 冠婚葬祭の費用は馬鹿にならず、年間で数十万円になることも珍しくない。
2. 冠婚葬祭の場では、正しいマナーと礼儀が特に重視される。
3. 地方では今も冠婚葬祭に地域全体が関わる慣習が残っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: culture, social obligations, ceremonies, etiquette

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

A yojijukugo combining the four major life rituals: 冠 (adult ceremony), 婚 (marriage), 葬 (funeral), 祭 (ancestral festival). Rooted in Confucian ritual theory brought from China, codifying the essential ceremonies of human social life.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal