funeral

a funeral

condolence gifts / a funeral offering
香典 (kouden)

offer incense
お焼香する (o-shoukou suru)

condolences
お悔やみ (okuyami)
We would like to offer our condolences to you and your family.
ご遺族の皆様に心からお悔やみ申し上げます。
goizoku no minasama ni kokoro-kara okuyami moushi-agemasu.

R.I.P (rest in peace)
ご冥福をお祈り致します。

chunt sutras / chant a sutra
ションーとぅら(るす)
経を読む (kyou wo yomu)、経を唱える (kyou wo tonaeru)

recite the sutra
念仏を唱える (nen-butsu wo tonaeru)

a wake / funeral wake
通夜 (tsuya)

crematory
火葬場 (kasouba)
cremation
火葬 (kasou)

remains
遺骨 (ikotsu)

Buddhist altar
仏壇 (butsudan)

a mortuary tablet
位牌 (ihai)

a portrait of deceased person
遺影 (iei)

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