Stone monument

Japanese: 石碑 - せきひ

〘noun〙① A stone monument. Something that is erected with a commemorative inscription carved into it. Ishibumi. ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 6 "Everyone who saw the 31 characters that remained on the stone monument was moved to tears." [Book of the Later Han - Preface to the Biography of Confucian Scholars] ② A gravestone. A grave marker. A stone tower. ※Ukiyo-zoshi - Kindai Enkakusha (1686) 5 "Even his close relatives have not carried out the task of hanging themselves, so <omitted> they wished to erect a stone monument, even though they are already hungry."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 石造りの碑。石に記念の文を刻んで建てたもの。いしぶみ。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）六「石碑(セキヒ)の上に消え残れる三十一文字を見る人、感涙を流さぬは無かりけり」〔後漢書‐儒林伝序〕② 墓標の石。はかいし。石塔。※浮世草子・近代艷隠者（1686）五「身に親しき一門迚も跡吊(とふら)ふ業さへなさず、〈略〉已飢ながら石碑(セキヒ)立べき望ありしとかや」

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