A monument or stone erected to console the spirits of the dead and to commemorate or mourn them.
戦争で亡くなった兵士たちの慰霊碑に花を手向けた。
I laid flowers at the cenotaph for the soldiers who died in the war.
毎年八月には慰霊碑の前で追悼式が行われる。
Every August a memorial service is held in front of the cenotaph.
地元の人々が新しい慰霊碑の建立資金を募った。
Local residents raised funds to erect a new memorial monument.