"冥福" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [me̞ːɸɯ̟kɯ̟] Forms: 冥福 [canonical] (ruby: 冥(めい), 福(ふく)), meifuku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|めいふく}} 冥(めい)福(ふく) • (meifuku)
  1. happiness in the next world
    Sense id: en-冥福-ja-noun-yVQWiWAq Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0

Noun

IPA: [mʲo̞ːɸɯ̟kɯ̟] Forms: 冥福 [canonical] (ruby: 冥(みょう), 福(ふく)), myōfuku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|みょうふく}} 冥(みょう)福(ふく) • (myōfuku)
  1. Same as above. Synonyms: above [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-冥福-ja-noun-23pAJ0y- Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0
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          "english": "Rest in peace.",
          "literal_meaning": "I wish for their happiness in the next world.",
          "roman": "Go-meifuku o o-inori itashimasu.",
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Download raw JSONL data for 冥福 meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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