墓地

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Chinese

tomb
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (墓地)
simp. #(墓地)

Pronunciation


Noun

墓地

  1. cemetery; graveyard; necropolis

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (墓地):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 墓地 (muH dijH, literally grave, tomb + ground, region). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin reading mùdì, Min Nan bōng-tē.

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (bochi

  1. a cemetery, a graveyard
Usage notes

This reading is more common than hakachi below.

In general usage, the Chinese-derived term 墓地 (bochi) is somewhat more formal than the native-Japanese compound 墓場 (hakaba). Compare the similar English terms, with the Latin-derived cemetery and the native compound graveyard.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はか
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Compound of (haka, grave, from Old Japanese) +‎ (chi, ground, region, from Middle Chinese).

Pronunciation

Noun

(はか)() (hakachi

  1. a cemetery, a graveyard
Usage notes

This reading is less common than bochi above.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

墓地 (myoji) (hangeul 묘지)

  1. Hanja form? of 묘지 (cemetery, graveyard).