How to say "mourning" in Japanese

• 追悼ついとうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMourning for a person who has died, as an act of honoring their memory; think of memorial services or public statements of grief after a death. It implies tribute to a specific departed person.
• 喪もCommon
  no-adjectiveMourning as a state or period rather than an act — the condition of being in mourning after a death, often for a relative. It names the mourning itself, not gestures of tribute.
• 弔意ちょういCommon
  nounPrimarily condolence or sympathy — grief for the dead expressed toward the bereaved. The mourning sense is formal or literary, so for mourning itself this is seldom the word you reach for.

Use 追悼 for mourning a deceased person as an act of tribute, 喪 for the state or period of mourning itself, and 弔意 for formal expressions of condolence or sympathy toward the bereaved.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 追悼ついとうmourning
• 喪もmourning
• 弔意ちょういcondolence
• 忌みいみmourning
• 忌きmourning
• 追弔ついちょうmourning
• 忌服きぶくmourning
• 哀痛あいつうgrieving
• 哀哭あいこくgrief
• 哀悼痛惜あいとうつうせきcondolence
• 忌中きちゅうmourning period
• 憂えうれえmourning