墓 Grave

Meaning

Primary

Grave

Alternative

Tomb

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.

墓 means grave or tomb. Since you want to be respectful when talking about someone's eternal resting place, it's common to add the honorific お and say お墓.

Reading

はか

Explanation

You went to your grave because you were a hacker (はか). You made a lot of powerful enemies with all your hacker exploits, and before you knew it, you were six feet deep.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• お墓

  お墓

  a grave

• 〜の墓

  家の墓

  a family grave

  一族の墓

  an ancestral grave

  王の墓

  a king's tomb

• 墓を〜

  墓を建てる

  to build a grave

  墓を作る

  to make a grave

  墓を守る

  to tend a grave

• 墓に〜

  墓に入る

  to be buried in a grave

  墓に入れる

  to bury someone in a grave

  墓に行く

  to go to a grave

• 墓〜

  墓参り

  visiting a grave

  墓づくり

  making a grave

Context Sentences

うちの家のお墓は岡山県にあります。

Our family graves are in Okayama Prefecture.

金曜日に両親と墓参りに行ってきました。

I went to visit the family graves with my parents on Friday.

お墓参りでは、まず最初に墓の掃除をします。

When visiting the family graves, the first thing we do is clean them.

僕たちの墓を太平洋に浮かぶ小さな島に作ることを、いつも夢見てきたんだよ。

I've always dreamed of placing our graves on a small island in the Pacific.

Kanji Composition

1. 墓

   ぼ Grave