Meaning

Primary

Grave

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.

Reading

はか
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

When you finally have a grave and you're dead and buried, your one wish is for the New Zealand All Blacks to do the Haka (はか) over your grave. If you don't know what the haka is, look it up, it's pretty neat.

Context

Context Sentences

うちの家のお墓は岡山県にあります。

Our family graves are in Okayama Prefecture.

金曜日に両親と墓参りに行ってきました。

I went to visit the family graves with my parents on Friday.

お墓参りでは、まず最初に墓の掃除をします。

When visiting the family graves, the first thing we do is clean them.

僕たちの墓を太平洋に浮かぶ小さな島に作ることを、いつも夢見てきたんだよ。

I've always dreamed of placing our graves on a small island in the Pacific.

Kanji Composition