喪|もmo[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivemourning
2. nouncalamity; misfortune

• Related追悼ついとうWrittenMourning the dead and honouring their memory, as in 「追悼式」; 「喪」 is the period and practice of mourning a close person after their death.
• Related弔意ちょういWrittenGrief felt for the dead; mostly in 「弔意を表する」. 「喪」 is the mourning itself.
• Related死別しべつNeutralLosing a family member or friend to death, as in 「妻と死別する」; 「喪」 is the mourning that follows.
• Related弔いとむらいNeutralMourning the dead, and also the funeral itself; 「喪」 centres on the period spent mourning.
• Related追弔ついちょうWrittenWritten style: mourning the dead after the fact. Rare; 「追悼」 is the usual word.
• Related弔事ちょうじWrittenA funeral or other death-related event, the counterpart of 「慶事」; 「喪」 centres on the mourning period.
• Related弔慰ちょういWrittenOffering condolences and comfort to the bereaved, as in 「弔慰金」; with 「喪」 the family mourns themselves.
• Related永訣えいけつWrittenWritten style: a final parting by death, with a literary flavour; 「喪」 centres on mourning customs.
• Related忌みいみNeutralMourning and abstinence, but also taboos. Close to 「喪」 in the mourning sense; 「喪」 also means calamity or misfortune, though today it is mostly mourning.
• Related忌きWrittenWritten variant of the same word: mourning and abstinence, or a taboo. Overlaps 「喪」 only in the mourning sense; 「喪」 and 「喪中」 are usual today.
• Related忌中きちゅうNeutralThe shorter mourning period after a close relative dies — in Buddhism often forty-nine days, often announced on the door; shorter than 「喪中」.
• Related喪中もちゅうNeutralA mourning period of about a year, as in 「喪中はがき」; pairs with the phrase 「喪に服す」.
• Related忌服きぶくWrittenWritten style: observing mourning for a close relative, mostly in old regulations. Rarely used.
• Antonym慶WrittenJoyous occasions, the opposite of the death-related 「喪」; usually seen in 「慶事」 and 「慶弔」.

To mourn a close person who has died, say 「喪に服す」; the mourning period is 「喪中」, the shorter one 「忌中」. To commemorate the dead use 「追悼」, to express condolence 「弔意」; for happy occasions, 「慶事」.

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1. （も）親したしい人ひとの死後しご、一定いっていの期間きかん、行おこないを慎つつしみ死者ししゃを弔とむらうこと。