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<k_ele>
<keb>冥福を祈る</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>めいふくをいのる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<gloss>to pray for the repose of someone's soul</gloss>
<gloss>to pray for the souls of the departed</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2019-06-12 09:41:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>chujiten, gg5, saito
冥福を祈る	43697
ご冥福を祈る	13967</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-06-12 09:42:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-19 10:46:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Converting somebody to someone
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to pray for the repose of somebody's soul&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pray for the repose of someone's soul&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-17 17:55:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>And Taoism?

Seems better to mark "Buddhist" given all the juxtapositions with Christian phrases than to leave wholly unmarked.

I suspect that this is so engrained in Japanese culture (like RIP in Western culture) that its use expands outward to other religions and non-religious people.  I think it's still worth noting (and feel the same with RIP/Christianity), that it is underlyingly  a Buddhist sentiment.

wikipedia article has a whole section called "タブー", and points out you might want to avoid this with Christians and Atheists. Safe and neutral:
心から哀悼の意を表します</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%A5%E7%A6%8F
冥福（めいふく、「みょうふく」と読むこともある）とは、仏教や道教などの

https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%86%A5%E7%A6%8F/#jn-213986
カテゴリ
#宗教・思想 #仏教・儒教・ヒンズー教など #名詞

daijs
死後の幸福。また、死後の幸福を祈って仏事を営むこと。みょうふく。「冥福を祈る」
仏事&lt;- buddhist</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;Buddh;&lt;/field&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-22 01:31:33" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>No, the Buddhism tag is for terms which are specific to that religion, or where the term is used predominately there. This one is used a lot for Christian contexts - see the GG "mass read".</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: 冥福を祈る pray [have a mass read] for the repose of sb's soul</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-&lt;field&gt;&amp;Buddh;&lt;/field&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>