忠魂碑

ちゅうこんひ

monument to the faithful who died in battle

表忠塔

ひょうちゅうとう

war-memorial monument

碑

いしぶみ

stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela

口碑

こうひ

oral tradition, legend, folklore

句碑

くひ

slab with a haiku cut on it

歌碑

かひ

tanka inscription

建碑

けんぴ

erection of a monument

断碑

だんぴ

broken stone monument

碑銘

ひめい

inscription, epitaph

詩碑

しひ

poem inscribed on monument

墓碑

ぼひ

gravestone, tombstone

碑文

ひぶん

inscription, epitaph, epigraph

石碑

せきひ

stone monument

碑陰

ひいん

back of a stone monument

碑石

ひせき

stone monument

頌徳碑

しょうとくひ

monument (commemorating a virtuous deed)

記念碑

きねんひ

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone), stone monument (bearing an inscription)

慰霊碑

いれいひ

cenotaph, memorial monument

墓碑銘

ぼひめい

epitaph, inscription on a tombstone