通夜つや (tsuya)

deathwatch; vigil

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Meaning

通夜 (つや, tsuya) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “deathwatch; vigil”.

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Example sentences 9

知りしりあいの 通夜つやました

I attended the wake of an acquaintance.

神式の通夜は『通夜祭』と呼ぶ。

A shinto tsuya is called Tsuya-sai festival.

私はそのお通夜に参列しました。

I took part in that wake.

仏教の通夜は故人の成仏を祈る。

Buddhist tsuya are held to pray for the soul of the dead to peacefully leave this world.