葬儀

• 読み: そうぎ
• ローマ字: sougi
• 漢字の分解: 葬 (sou) — bury, funeral, interment; 儀 (gi) — ceremony, rite, protocol
• 発音: /soː.ɡi/

意味

Funeral; funeral service. A formal ceremony held to honour and mourn a deceased person.

A noun referring to the formal funeral ceremony, more official than お葬式 (osousiki, funeral — colloquial). 葬儀 is the preferred term in formal and written contexts, news reporting, and business. Common collocations include 葬儀を行う (sougi wo okonau, to hold a funeral), 葬儀場 (sougijou, funeral hall), and 葬儀社 (sougisha, funeral company). Japanese funerals are predominantly Buddhist, though the term itself is religion-neutral.

例文

1. 葬儀は近親者のみで静かに行われた。
2. 葬儀場には多くの参列者が集まった。
3. 最近は家族葬という小規模な葬儀が増えている。

使い方ガイド

場面: bereavement, news, family events

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 葬 (sou, bury/funeral) + 儀 (gi, ceremony/rite). Literally 'burial ceremony' — the formal rites for the deceased.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal