Translation guide
A place where dead bodies are kept, especially for identification or before burial. In Japanese, the term depends on the context: hospital, police, or funeral home.
The room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept temporarily.
A facility where autopsies are performed and unidentified bodies are kept, often by the police.
Medical examiner's office, especially in Tokyo. Handles unnatural deaths.
The body was sent to the medical examiner's office and autopsied.
Forensic medicine department at a university, often acting as a morgue for police cases.
The unidentified body was placed in the forensic medicine department.
A room where the deceased is laid out for viewing before a funeral.
A newspaper's archive of past articles and reference materials.
General term for a reference room or archive in an organization.
I found the article in the newspaper's morgue.
Literally 'newspaper clipping storage'. Specific but less common.
I researched the old case in the newspaper morgue.
The loanword モルグ exists but is rarely used and may not be understood. Stick to the context-appropriate Japanese terms.
Japanese distinguishes clearly between hospital, police, and funeral settings. Choose the term based on who is handling the body.