四七日(よなのか)

よなのか
noun
28th-day Buddhist memorial service
religion
1. 28th-day memorial service; fourth seven-day rite after death
In Japanese Buddhist funeral practice, a memorial rite held on the 28th day after a death, the fourth of the seven weekly services observed during the 49-day mourning period.
四七日(よなのか)の法要(ほうよう)があった。
There was the 28th-day memorial service.
祖父(そふ)の四七日(よなのか)に親戚(しんせき)が集(あつ)まった。
Relatives gathered for my grandfather's 28th-day memorial.
四七日(よなのか)は初七日(しょなのか)から数(かぞ)えて四回目(よんかいめ)の法要(ほうよう)だ。
The 28th-day service is the fourth memorial rite counted from the 7th-day service.

四七日(よなのか) (literally "four sevens") is the fourth of the weekly Buddhist memorial services held after a death, falling on the 28th day.

Related words

Unlike 初七日(しょなのか) and 四十九日(しじゅうくにち), the middle services such as 四七日(よなのか) are often observed quietly by immediate family only, without a full ceremony.

Related Words

Related: 初七日(しょなのか) (7th-day service)
Related: 五七日(いつなのか) (35th-day service)
Related: 六七日(むなのか) (42nd-day service)
Related: 四十九日(しじゅうくにち) (49th-day service)
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Added 2026.9.17 15:41 · Revised 2026.9.17 16:02
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