弔い

• 読み: とむらい
• ローマ字: tomurai
• 漢字の分解: 弔 (tomurai) — mourn, condole; 弔 depicts ritual mourning with a cord or string
• 発音: /tomɯɾaɪ/

意味

Funeral; memorial service; mourning; condolence. The act of paying respects and performing rites for the deceased.

The noun form of the verb 弔う (tomurau), meaning to mourn or to hold funeral rites. 弔い is a literary and somewhat formal term compared to the everyday 葬式 (funeral). It appears in compound expressions like 弔い合戦 (a revenge battle fought to avenge a fallen lord — a culturally resonant concept in samurai history) and conveys a deeper sense of sacred obligation to the dead.

例文

1. 親族が集まり、故人の弔いを丁重に執り行った。
2. 弔いの席では静粛に、喪に服した装いで臨むのが礼儀とされる。
3. 戦場で散った仲間の弔いを誓い、生き残った兵士たちは帰路についた。

使い方ガイド

場面: funeral customs, religion, literature, history

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

From the verb 弔う (tomurau) — to mourn, to offer condolences. The character 弔 depicts a string or cord symbolising the rites associated with death. The word has Old Japanese roots in the formal observance of mourning obligations.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General