墓場(はかば)

はかば
noun
graveyard, cemetery
1. graveyard, cemetery
A place where the dead are buried; a burial ground.
墓場(はかば)で幽霊(ゆうれい)を見(み)た。
I saw a ghost at the graveyard.
先祖(せんぞ)の墓場(はかば)を訪(おとず)れた。
I visited my ancestors' graveyard.
古(ふる)い墓場(はかば)は不気味(ぶきみ)だ。
Old graveyards are eerie.

墓場(はかば) refers to a burial ground, often with a slightly eerie or traditional connotation.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 墓場(はかば)を訪(おとず)れる: to visit a graveyard
  • 墓場(はかば)で眠(ねむ)る: to rest in the graveyard

IDIOM:

  • 墓場(はかば)まで持(も)っていく: to take to the grave (keep a secret until death)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 墓地(ぼち): cemetery (more formal/neutral)
  • 霊園(れいえん): memorial park (modern, euphemistic)
  • 墓(はか): grave (individual burial site)
  • 共同(きょうどう)墓地(ぼち): communal cemetery

墓場(はかば) has a more traditional or atmospheric feel compared to the neutral 墓地(ぼち).

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Added 2026.1.16 23:00 · Revised 2026.1.27 9:36
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