弔い

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 弔い, read とむらい, means mourning someone who has died and paying respects.
• Basic usage: It is used for floating flowers in someone's memory or coming to pay respects.
  • 村人は亡くなった漁師の弔いに花を海へ流した。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Mourning compared with 葬儀
  • 葬儀 names the funeral ceremony, while 弔い more broadly describes acts of remembrance and mourning.