墓|はかhaka[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noungrave; gravesite; tomb
   私は彼かれの墓はかを立ち去たちさり難がたかった。↗

   I hesitated to leave his grave.

• Synonym墳墓ふんぼWrittenWritten word for graves, as in 「墳墓の地」; found mainly in formal or academic documents.
• Related青山せいざんWrittenWritten word for one's burial place, as in 「人間到る処青山あり」; it can also mean simply a green, wooded mountain.
• Related墓穴ぼけつNeutralThe pit into which a body or ashes are buried; often seen in 「墓穴を掘る」, digging one's own grave.
• Related御霊屋おたまやFormalA solemn, formal term for a hall enshrining ancestral spirits; often the mausoleum of a noble or daimyo.
• Related納骨堂のうこつどうNeutralA building that houses cremated remains, often at temples or in cities; 「墓」 is the grave itself.
• Related奥津城おくつきFormalShinto term for a family or ancestral grave, used mainly in Shinto funerals.
• Related霊屋たまやFormalSolemn, rare word for a hall enshrining the spirit of the dead, or a temporary resting place for the body.

For an ordinary grave use 「墓」, as in 「お墓参り」. Use 「納骨堂」 for a building that houses ashes, 「墳墓」 in formal writing, and 「墓穴を掘る」 for digging one's own grave; the others are rare or specialized.

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1. (はか) 遺骸いがいや遺骨いこつを葬ほうむる所ところ。また、そこにしるしとして立たてた石いし、木きなど。塚つか。墳墓ふんぼ。