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冥福 [spec1] めい福 [sK]
めいふく [spec1] みょうふく
1. [n]
▶ happiness in the next world
▶ heavenly bliss
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2840221 冥福を祈る 1. to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed



History:
6. A 2023-05-17 21:25:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc.
  Comments:
Used in several religions.
  Diff:
@@ -23 +22,0 @@
-<field>&Buddh;</field>
@@ -24,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>heavenly bliss</gloss>
5. A* 2023-05-17 17:57:44  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
A little more broad than Buddhism (Hinduism?), but Buddhism seems to pop up in every reference that covers this at least.
comments on 冥福を祈る
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<field>&Buddh;</field>
4. A 2023-05-10 21:35:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2023-05-10 19:38:07  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬─────────╮
│ 冥福     │ 866,966 │
│ 冥福をお祈り │ 579,110 │ - usually in expression
╰─ーーーーーー─┴─────────╯
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 冥福    │ 867,013 │ 99.2% │
│ めい福   │   6,485 │  0.7% │ - sK
│ 瞑福    │     336 │  0.0% │
│ めいふく  │   3,279 │  N/A  │
│ みょうふく │   1,435 │  N/A  │ - drop restriction
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -17 +17,0 @@
-<re_restr>冥福</re_restr>
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2840221">冥福を祈る</xref>
2. A 2018-01-19 07:51:21  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams 867013
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
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