三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)

さんじゅうさんかいき
noun
thirty-third death anniversary; 33rd memorial service
formalreligionculture
1. thirty-third death anniversary; 33rd memorial service
The Buddhist memorial service held on the 33rd anniversary of a person's death (counted in the Japanese way, with the year of death counted as the first year). In many traditions, this is the final major memorial service, after which the deceased is considered to have fully become a Buddha or ancestral spirit.
祖父(そふ)の三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)を営(いとな)んだ。
We held the 33rd memorial service for my grandfather.
三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)は多(おお)くの家(いえ)で弔(とむら)いの区切(くぎ)りとされている。
The 33rd memorial service is considered a milestone in mourning by many families.
親族(しんぞく)が集(あつ)まり、三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)の法要(ほうよう)を寺(てら)でおこなった。
The family gathered at the temple to perform the 33rd death anniversary memorial rite.

Part of the Japanese Buddhist memorial service (法要(ほうよう)) system. Major services are held at set intervals: 一周忌(いっしゅうき) (1st year), 三回忌(さんかいき) (3rd year), 七回忌(ななかいき) (7th year), 十三回忌(じゅうさんかいき) (13th year), 十七回忌(じゅうしちかいき) (17th year), 二十三回忌(にじゅうさんかいき) (23rd year), and 三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき) (33rd year).

Common collocations

  • 三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)を営(いとな)む: to hold the 33rd memorial service
  • 三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)の法要(ほうよう): the 33rd memorial rite
  • 三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)で弔(とむら)いを上(あ)げる: to complete mourning at the 33rd service
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