noun

  1. welcoming the spirits of the dead.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
霊迎え たまむかえ
 
魂迎え たまむかえ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)
welcome, meet, greet
むか.える ゲイ むかえ (Early Jr. High, N3)
lofty, high, raise
キョウ ゴウ のぞ.む
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)