埋葬(まいそう)

まいそう
noun, suru-verb
burial; interment
1. burial; interment; laying to rest
The act of placing a deceased person's body or remains in the ground or a grave. A formal term used in both modern and historical contexts.
遺体(いたい)は教会(きょうかい)の墓地(ぼち)に埋葬(まいそう)された。
The body was buried in the church cemetery.
故郷(こきょう)の土地(とち)に埋葬(まいそう)してほしいと遺言(ゆいごん)を残(のこ)した。
He left a will requesting to be buried in his homeland.
発掘調査(はっくつちょうさ)で、数百年前(すうひゃくねんまえ)に埋葬(まいそう)されたとみられる人骨(じんこつ)が発見(はっけん)された。
During the excavation survey, human bones believed to have been buried several hundred years ago were discovered.

USAGE:
埋葬(まいそう) is used with する as a transitive suru-verb. The deceased or remains take を, and the location takes に.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 遺体(いたい)を埋葬(まいそう)する (to bury a body)
  • 遺骨(いこつ)を埋葬(まいそう)する (to inter remains)
  • 埋葬地(まいそうち) (burial site)
  • 埋葬(まいそう)許可証(きょかしょう) (burial permit)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 埋葬(まいそう): burial (formal, neutral)
  • 土葬(どそう): earth burial, inhumation (specifically burying in the ground, as opposed to cremation)
  • 葬(ほうむ)る: to bury, to consign to oblivion (also figurative)
  • 納骨(のうこつ): placing ashes in a tomb or ossuary (after cremation)
general
Added 2026.3.6 17:12
15000/15272_maisou