departed | n. sing. & pl. someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed. Syn. -- dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
departed | adj. 1. past; -- used of time; as, departed summers. Syn. -- bygone, bypast, foregone, gone. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] 2. dead; as, our dear departed parents. [ euphemistic ] Syn. -- asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
霊 | [れい, rei] (n) soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (P) #2,827 [Add to Longdo] |
送る | [おくる, okuru] (v5r, vt) (1) to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; (2) to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); (3) to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; (4) to spend (time); to live one's life; (5) to pass (down the line); (6) (See 送り仮名) to affix okurigana; (P) #6,212 [Add to Longdo] |
遺墨 | [いぼく, iboku] (n) autographs (brushwork) of departed person [Add to Longdo] |
永代供養 | [えいたいくよう, eitaikuyou] (n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul [Add to Longdo] |
英魂 | [えいこん, eikon] (n) departed spirit [Add to Longdo] |
死霊 | [しりょう;しれい, shiryou ; shirei] (n) spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul [Add to Longdo] |
新仏 | [しんぼとけ;あらぼとけ;にいぼとけ, shinbotoke ; arabotoke ; niibotoke] (n) (1) (See 御盆) spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; (2) the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
祖先の霊を祭る | [そせんのれいをまつる, sosennoreiwomatsuru] (exp, v5r) to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors [Add to Longdo] |
置き手紙;置手紙 | [おきてがみ, okitegami] (n) letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter [Add to Longdo] |
方違い | [かたたがい, katatagai] (n) (arch) (See 方塞がり) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) [Add to Longdo] |