deceased

On-Yomi: ボウ、モウ — Kun-Yomi: な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Koohii stories:

1) [cheechuan] 29-10-2007(124): The top hat hanging on a hook belonged to the now deceased Charlie Chaplin.

2) [Robatsu] 5-3-2009(43): The recently DECEASED are said to hang their hats on a hook by the door to the afterlife.

3) [ihatobu] 14-8-2007(16): Tophat resting on top of a tombstone. The horizontal bottom line is the shadow of the tombstone (and/or hat) on the ground.

4) [mezbup] 16-12-2008(10): I think of this as a pictograph of a coffin.

5) [terozen] 25-3-2012(6): The deceased's top hat still hangs on his old fish hook… It makes me sad every time I see it, but I will never take that hat down.