How to say "cemetery" in Japanese

• 墓地ぼちJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers the neutral sense of 'cemetery' as an actual burial place; use it when asking where someone's grave is or referring to a graveyard in ordinary, matter-of-fact contexts.
  彼かれはこの墓地ぼちに埋葬まいそうされている。↗

  He was buried in this graveyard.
• 墓場はかばCommon
  nounAlso a common word for a graveyard, largely interchangeable with 墓地, but it often sounds starker or more eerie, making it a natural choice in stories and figurative language.
  ゆりかごの中なかで覚おぼえたことは墓場はかばまで続つづく。↗

  What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

Both are common words for a burial ground: choose 墓地 for a cemetery as an actual place, while 墓場 also means graveyard and often carries a starker, more atmospheric tone in narrative or figurative use.

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• 墓地ぼちcemetery
• 墓場はかばgraveyard
• 墓園ぼえんcemetery
• 卵塔場らんとうばcemetery
• 埋葬地まいそうちburial place (ground)
• 土葬墓地どそうぼちgraveyard
• 霊園れいえん(garden) cemetery