Usually, memorial services and gravesite maintenance become the spouse's or first-born son's responsibility.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT289008", "2549660"
供養をする
read Mass
say Mass
(~を)供養する
hold a memorial service (for)
(人)の供養のために
for someone's soul
8月の中旬に「お盆」と呼ばれる行事があり、そのとき、日本人は先祖の霊を供養します。
In the middle of August there is an event called "obon," during which the Japanese worship the spirits of their ancestors.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT274021", "2366625"
お盆は祖先の霊を供養する仏教行事です。
Obon is a Buddhist festival to recognize ancestral spirits."MB003209", "2416775"
This memorial service is a traditional event where people offer thanks for the old doll that they kept for a year, and while burning it, pray for the well-being of their families, for business prosperity, and hold a mass.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT244009", "2535785"
この紙は供養に使われます。
This paper is used for memorial services.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT279008", "2536393"
After that, relatives regularly hold Buddhist services for the dead where Buddhist monks recite sutras. They are held on the 7th and 49th days after death, one year after, two years after and at ever increasing intervals after."A0000127", "2237179"
This would be the best memorial of all for the over ten thousand victims and it can also be thought of as the only method of erasing prejudice against the Muslim faith.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT182025", "2539074"
Later, she made her first stage performance in the musical, "Look up at the Night Stars," and also performed in plays like, "The King of the Scarecrows," "A Greedy Guy," and "Forked Road Memorial," In 1985, she was chosen to appear in the NHK TV Drama, "My Heart is Always the Color of Lemon Pop," and she was instantly popular as a character in the show, "Women Have Nerve."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT163046", "2393985"
ペットの墓を作って供養することも人間の自己満足かもしれない。
Creating graves for pets and holding services for them might be self-satisfying for people.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT072011", "2282376"
I was also surprised by the idea of giving "condolence gifts" (koden, literally meaning "incense money") to the family of the deceased person.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1997年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT132017", "2343381"
人形供養が9月25日、東京上野の清水観音堂で行われます。
A memorial service is held for dolls at the Kiyomizu Kannon-doh temple in Ueno, Tokyo, on September 25th."MB000623", "2227406"
先祖の供養をする
hold a memorial service for one's ancestors
先祖供養
commemoration of one's ancestors
夏のお盆(8月13日から16日)にはお墓へ行き、亡くなった人の供養をします。
During the Bon period in summer (August 13-16), they pay a visit to graves to make offerings to the dead.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT279008", "2288374"
当日は流しびなのほかにも古くなったひな人形の供養なども行われる。
There is also a service held for old dolls on the same day as the Nagashibina.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT066077", "2518052"
彫刻が好きだからという人もいれば、亡くなった親の供養のためという人もいます」と話します。
Some say they love sculpting and others say they want to make statues to commemorate their deceased parents."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT279008", "2453445"
数万個のだるまに火を付けて供養する厳かな様子は素晴らしい見物である。
It is a spectacular sight to see a solemn mass involving the burning of some tens of thousands of daruma dolls.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT244009", "2374287"
日本の田舎ではつい最近まで、米や酒、野菜など基本的な食品が一般的な供養の品として贈られていました。
Until very recently in rural Japan, staples such as rice, sake and vegetables were common condolence gifts.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1997年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT132017", "2548805"
The Ekoin in Ryogoku, Tokyo, is a temple that grants the wishes of these people. The Ekoin was built in 1657, and besides services for people, worship of the guardian Buddha of animals, cremation of animals and services for them are also conducted.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT072011", "2465696"
In cases where people are killed in airplane accidents, etc. overseas, the family will fly over and collect their bones or any remains, bring them back and try to hold a service for the departed with them.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1993年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT077035", "2360220"
We're beginning to see natural funerals (scattering of ashes), funerals held while a person is still alive, joint graves with perpetual memorial services (where there is no successor, so another person stands in place of the family and offers memorial services), and indoor burial plots, including locker-type crypts.〔【出典】『日本人との結婚』(水瓜博子著)◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA18-164", "2555599"