Meaning

Primary

Cemetery

Alternative

Graveyard

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A grave ground is an area with lots of graves in the ground. This is a cemetery, or graveyard.

墓地 is the standard word for a designated and organized cemetery.

Reading

ぼち
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

うちの庭は墓地に隣接している。

Our garden is adjacent to a cemetery.

Kanji Composition