墓場|はかばhakaba[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. noungraveyard; cemetery
   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.

• Synonym墓地ぼちNeutralSomewhat more formal than 「墓場」; the standard word for a cemetery, as in 「共同墓地」. 「墓場」 is more colloquial and can also mean an end point.
• Synonym霊園れいえんNeutralA modern park-style cemetery; often appears in proper names, as in 「多磨霊園」.
• Synonym墓所ぼしょWrittenWritten and more solemn than 「墓場」; a grave or graveyard, for the famous and ordinary alike, as in 「先祖の墓所」.
• Related埋葬地まいそうちWrittenA place where a body or remains are buried; leans legal terminology.
• RelatedメモリアルパークNeutralLoanword for a memorial park or park-style cemetery; used mostly in names.

For a cemetery in general, 「墓地」 is the standard word; 「墓場」 is the colloquial choice and can also mean an end point, as in 「人生の墓場」. Use 「霊園」 or 「メモリアルパーク」 for modern park-style cemeteries, mostly in names; 「墓所」 is a solemn written term, 「埋葬地」 a legal one.

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1. 墓はかのある場所ばしょ。墓地ぼち。霊園れいえん。