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斎場

Funeral Hall


Meaning

Funeral Hall

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A purification location is the place where you perform purification on people. Who needs the most purification? The dead. Where do you purify them? In a funeral hall.


Reading

さいじょう

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You learned the on'yomi for 場 when you learned 入場 ages ago.


Context

Context Sentences

ちょうど斎場に到着するところです。

We’re about to arrive at the funeral hall.


Kanji Composition