帰き幽ゆう

noun

death; passing away

Shinto term for death, literally 'returning to the hidden/eternal world'. Used in formal or religious contexts.

• 神かん主ぬし様さまの帰き幽ゆうを悼いたみ、多おおくの参さん列れつ者しゃが集あつまった。

  Many mourners gathered to grieve the passing of the Shinto priest.