葬式
そうしき
funeral
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun
funeral
Example sentences
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I didn't attend his funeral.
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A great many people attended his funeral.
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A lot of people attended Tom's funeral.
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It is traditional to wear black to a funeral.
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The lady's funeral was held at the local church.
More examples (6)
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Interfering with a funeral is a great show of disrespect.
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I feel bad about not having gone to his funeral.
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I'm taking bereavement leave on Jan. 30 and 31.
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She is not so insensitive a girl as to laugh at a funeral.
どんな音楽家も葬式にその音楽を演奏しようと思わなかったであろうに。
No musician would have thought of playing that music at the funeral.
若い頃ってさぁ、結婚式に行くのが嫌で嫌でたまらなかったわ。おばあちゃんや叔母さんたちがさぁ、寄って集って私の脇腹を突いては「次はあんたの番よ!あんたの!」なんて言いながら、クスクス笑うのよ。私がさぁ、葬式で同じことし始めたらさぁ、あの人たち、やっとこのくだらないことをやめてくれたわ。
When I was younger, I hated going to weddings. My grandmothers and aunts would huddle around me, poke me in the side, and giggle "You're next! You're next!" They only stopped this nonsense when I began to do the same thing at funerals.