枯こ骨こつ

noun

weathered bones; skeletal remains

Formal or literary term for bones left after a corpse has decayed, often evoking a sense of desolation or the passage of time.

• 古こ戦せん場じょうには今いまも枯こ骨こつが散ちらばっているという。

  It is said that weathered bones still lie scattered on the ancient battlefield.

noun

the deceased; dead person

Formal or literary metonymic use referring to a dead person by their remains; rare in modern everyday language.

• 枯こ骨こつとなった者ものたちの魂たましいを弔とむらう。

  We mourn the souls of those who have become the deceased.