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thirteenth death anniversary; memorial service held in the twelfth year after a death
A Buddhist memorial service marking the thirteenth observance of someone's death, held twelve calendar years after the death (counted inclusively).
母の十三回忌を迎えた。
We reached my mother's thirteenth-year memorial.
今年は祖父の十三回忌の年だ。
This is the year of my grandfather's thirteenth-year memorial.
十三回忌は家族だけで静かに執り行った。
We held the thirteenth-year memorial quietly with just family.
Like other 回忌, counted inclusively: the death year is year 1, so 十三回忌 falls twelve calendar years after the death. By this stage attendance is usually limited to immediate family.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 十三回忌法要: thirteenth-year memorial service
- 十三回忌を営む: to hold the thirteenth-year service
- 十三回忌を迎える: for the thirteenth-year memorial to come around
MEMORIAL SERVICE SEQUENCE:
- 七回忌: 6 years after death
- 十三回忌: 12 years after death
- 十七回忌: 16 years after death
- 三十三回忌: 32 years after death (often the final service)