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interment

On-Yomi: ソウ — Kun-Yomi: ほうむ.る

Koohii stories:

1) [darg_sama] 3-11-2005(284): I imagine an interment as a funeral. At this funeral it's an open casket, and the dead body (death) is holding flowers with both of its hands.

2) [calittle] 2-10-2007(74): During the interment ceremony, the grandchildren placed flowers over the dead body while the widow sat praying with two hands.

3) [kanjihito] 9-10-2010(36): During interment, flowers are placed above death, while two hands from the netherworld are pulling from below.

4) [humpolec] 11-11-2008(20): We see Death himself standing at a funeral. This time he's not holding his scythe, but he has flowers in both hands.

5) [vertigo959] 6-10-2008(13): I used to confuse 亡 and 死 in this kanji, so I use the image of 死神 (shinigami, or death god) to help remember the right element.— At this interment funeral, underneath the flowers on top of the grave, the death god ( 死神 ）, is descending towards the underworld, lowering the coffin with both hands. ソウ 葬式。葬る .

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