"法要" meaning in Japanese

See 法要 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ho̞ːjo̞ː] Forms: 法要 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 法(ほう), 要(よう)), hōyō [romanization], fofueu [romanization], ほふえう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほうよう|hhira=ほふえう}} 法(ほう)要(よう) • (hōyō) ^(←ほふえう (fofueu)?)
  1. (Buddhism) ceremony
    Sense id: en-法要-ja-noun-Czp7i53L Categories (other): Buddhism Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. (Buddhism) funeral service
    Sense id: en-法要-ja-noun-yZqFEYmU Categories (other): Buddhism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Funeral Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Funeral: 3 97 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 法事 (hōji) (ruby: 法事(ほうじ)) 
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      "ruby": [
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        ],
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          "よう"
        ]
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      "form": "hōyō",
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      "form": "fofueu",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "ほふえう",
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Buddhism",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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              5,
              9
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          "english": "New Year's Eve Ceremony",
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      "other": "ほーよー"
    },
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    }
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    }
  ],
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    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 法 read as ほう",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 要 read as よう",
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              "除夜",
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      "other": "ほーよー"
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}

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