冠婚葬祭
かんこんそうさい
- important ceremonial occasions in family relationships n yoji
Kanji
冠
カン
かんむり
crown; best; peerless
婚
コン
marriage
葬
ソウ
ほうむ.る
interment; bury; shelve
祭
サイ
まつ.る • まつ.り • まつり
ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship
Synonyms
元服
げんぷく げんぶく
- male coming of age ceremony n vs
- for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period) n vs
婚礼
こんれい
- marriage ceremony; wedding n
祭祀
さいし
- ritual; religious service; festival n
葬儀
そうぎ
- funeral service n