六ろく道どう銭せん

noun

six coins placed in a coffin

Buddhist funerary custom: six coins placed with the deceased, traditionally said to be payment for crossing the River Sanzu (三途の川).

See also: 三途の川

• 祖そ母ぼの棺ひつぎには六ろく道どう銭せんが納おさめられた。

  Six coins were placed in my grandmother's coffin.