User:Evaunit666/japan

Hello : ) For my art class, I need to make a Japanese funeral banner. Is there anything that is usually written on such a thing? And if not, how would one write something along the lines of "We will miss you forever" in Japanese (the actual Japanese characters would be really useful). Thanks! Evaunit♥666♥ 12:49, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

ご冥福をお祈りします (go meifuku o oinorishimas "[We] pray for the blessing [of the deceased] in afterlife").--K.C. Tang (talk) 14:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC) That's lovely...but not quite clear to me: that the deceased will be blessed, or will bestow blessings? -- Deborahjay (talk) 14:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC) Since in Japan many people believe in Shinto i think it should be the latter--91.6.11.151 (talk) 15:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC) See the English translations of 冥福 here（心から）ご冥福をお祈りいたします would be more polite and proper. It's a set phrase used for Buddhists. For Shinto believers and Christians, 心から哀悼の意を捧げます or 謹んで哀悼の意を表します would be used. These are model sentences for a condolatory telegram. Oda Mari (talk) 15:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC)