たましずめ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たましずめ – see the following entry.

【鎮魂】 [noun] consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead [noun] 　(Shinto) short for 鎮魂の祭 (tamashizume no matsuri, “festival for the pacification of the souls of the dead”) or 鎮魂の式 (tamashizume no shiki, “ritual for the pacification of the souls of the dead”): a mass

(This term, たましずめ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)