十 三 回 忌(じゅうさんかいき)

じゅうさんかいき

noun

thirteenth death anniversary memorial service

1. 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(はは)の十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)を迎(むか)えた。

We reached my mother's thirteenth-year memorial.

今年(ことし)は祖父(そふ)の十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)の年(とし)だ。

This is the year of my grandfather's thirteenth-year memorial.

十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)は家族(かぞく)だけで静(しず)かに執(と)り行(おこな)った。

We held the thirteenth-year memorial quietly with just family.

Like other 回忌(かいき), counted inclusively: the death year is year 1, so 十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき) falls twelve calendar years after the death. By this stage attendance is usually limited to immediate family.

Common collocations

十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)法要(ほうよう): thirteenth-year memorial service
十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)を営(いとな)む: to hold the thirteenth-year service
十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき)を迎(むか)える: for the thirteenth-year memorial to come around

Related words

七回忌(ななかいき): 6 years after death
十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき): 12 years after death
十七回忌(じゅうしちかいき): 16 years after death
三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき): 32 years after death (often the final service)

Related Words

Related: 七回忌(ななかいき) (6 years after death)

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Added 2026.6.8 13:06 · Revised 2026.10.7 3:24

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