Keyword
funeral
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig879
Readings
そう
(61%)
Composed of
blades of grass
death
both hands
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
funeral; funeral service
Examples (38 in total)
In the end, the truth about the incident was hushed up for good.
The company tried to cover up that fact.
People aren't buried right after they die.
The past should perhaps be quietly buried.
I wonder if the funeral is already over.
The funeral was held three days later.
The funeral was held with only close relatives present.
The conversation turned to funeral expenses.
These are the clothes you wear to a funeral.
The number of people who came to the funeral shows my grandfather's influence.
Are you on your way back from someone's funeral?
Did you cancel the other funerals?
The funeral was held quietly.
I hear they'll hold a funeral as well.
When I came home after burying my mother, the house felt awfully big.
I attended his funeral.
The lady's funeral was held at the local church.
I have to go to a funeral today.
I didn't attend his funeral.
I feel bad about not having gone to his funeral.
It is traditional to wear black to a funeral.
This is a place where animals are buried.
He was buried in this graveyard.
They buried him in the graveyard by the church.
The monarch is supposed to attend the funeral.
Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.
Was Tom at the funeral?
No musician would have thought of playing that music at the funeral.
A great many people attended his funeral.
Many people attended Tom's funeral.
She was buried in her hometown.
Tom's body was cremated.
She cremated him against his wishes.
She buried her only son.
All his political enemies showed themselves at his funeral.
Muslims bury their dead in graves.
This is the church where Blake is buried.
Why do Muslims place such importance on burial?