しょ
りょ
 

noun

  1. sending off the spirits of the dead.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
りょ
 
精霊送り しょうりょうおくり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

refined, ghost, fairy
セイ ショウ しら.げる (5th, N3)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life, (生 variant)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
spirits, soul
レイ リョウ たま (Late Jr. High, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
business, (業 variant)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
escort, send
おく.る ソウ (3rd, N4)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
しんにょう
frontier pass, close, relation
to divide
heavens, sky, imperial
テン あま- あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)