七七日

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Alternative forms

  • 七々日

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA: [ɕitɕiɕitɕinitɕi]

Proper noun

七七日 (hiragana しちしちにち, romaji shichishichinichi)

  1. the forty-ninth day after a person dies
  2. the Buddhist memorial service that occurs forty-nine days after a person dies

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA: [nanananuka]

Proper noun

七七日 (hiragana なななぬか, romaji nanananuka)

  1. the forty-ninth day after a person dies
  2. the Buddhist memorial service that occurs forty-nine days after a person dies
Last modified on 30 August 2010, at 22:08