きちゅう
mourning period; (in) mourning
Noun
今年ことしは亡なき母ははの忌中きちゅうのため盂蘭盆うらぼん供養くよう会かいはないが、先祖せんぞの墓はかの掃除そうじに行いく。
This year there isn't a bon festival memorial ceremony for my departed mother, but I will go to clean my ancestors' graves.