葬(ほうむ)る

ほうむる
godan verb
to bury; to consign to oblivion
1. to bury; to inter
to place a dead body in a grave or tomb
故人(こじん)を墓地(ぼち)に葬(ほうむ)った。
We buried the deceased in the cemetery.
2. to bury; to consign to oblivion; to cover up
to hide or suppress something so it is forgotten; to put an end to something
その事件(じけん)は闇(やみ)に葬(ほうむ)られた。
That incident was buried in darkness (covered up).
過去(かこ)を葬(ほうむ)って新(あたら)しい人生(じんせい)を始(はじ)めたい。
I want to bury the past and start a new life.
彼(かれ)の野望(やぼう)は選挙(せんきょ)で葬(ほうむ)られた。
His ambitions were buried in the election (defeated).

葬(ほうむ)る means to bury, both literally (a body) and figuratively (to cover up).

LITERAL VS FIGURATIVE:
1. **Literal**: Burying the dead - often used in formal or literary contexts
2. **Figurative**: Suppressing, hiding, or ending something - common in news and everyday speech

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 死者(ししゃ)を葬(ほうむ)る (to bury the dead)
  • 闇(やみ)に葬(ほうむ)る (to cover up, bury in darkness)
  • 過去(かこ)を葬(ほうむ)る (to bury the past)
  • 真相(しんそう)を葬(ほうむ)る (to bury the truth)
  • 歴史(れきし)の闇(やみ)に葬(ほうむ)る (to consign to the darkness of history)

TRANSITIVITY:
Transitive verb. Takes を for the object being buried.

RELATED TERMS:

  • 埋(う)める (to bury - for objects, not bodies)
  • 埋葬(まいそう)する (to inter, bury - formal)
  • 隠蔽(いんぺい)する (to cover up - more direct about concealment)

REGISTER: Neutral to formal. Common in news and literary contexts.

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Added 2026.1.21 22:22
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