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KANJI
墓
grave
tomb
Kun'yomi
はかhaka
On'yomi
ぼbo
Example sentences
お盆ぼんには、先せん祖ぞの墓はか参まいりをするのが日本にほんの伝でん統とうです。
Visiting ancestors' graves during Obon is a Japanese tradition.
山やま奥おくにひっそりと佇たたずむその墓はかは、苔こけむしていて年ねん月げつを感かんじさせた。
That grave, standing quietly deep in the mountains, was covered in moss and made one feel the passage of time.
歴れき史し上じょうの偉い人じんの墓はかは、今いまも多おおくの人ひと々びとに訪おとずれられている。
The graves of historical great figures are still visited by many people today.

Practice exercises

1
墓参まいり
grave visit; visiting a grave
Answer
はかまいり
2
墓石せき
tombstone; gravestone
Answer
ぼせき
3
墓地ち
cemetery; graveyard
Answer
ぼち
4
墓
Answer
はかぼ
5
墓穴けつ
grave; (literal) hole in the ground; (figurative) one's own downfall
Answer
ぼけつ
6
墓
Answer
gravetomb