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死装束 (しにしょうぞく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

死しに装しょう束ぞく

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Meanings

1

burial clothes; funeral garments; clothes for the dead

Refers to the white kimono or garments a deceased person is dressed in for a funeral. Also used for clothes worn when committing suicide, though this usage is less common.

祖そ母ぼは白しろい死しに装しょう束ぞくを着きせられて棺ひつぎに納

おさ

め

られ

た

。

My grandmother was dressed in white burial clothes and placed in the coffin.

彼かれは死しに装しょう束ぞくを整ととのえてから自じ殺さつしたという。

They say he prepared his burial clothes before committing suicide.

Kanji

死death, die
装attire, dress, pretend
束bundle, sheaf, ream

Related words

経帷子きょうかたびら
Specifically a white kimono used as a burial garment in Buddhist funerals; 死装束 is a broader term for any clothes worn by the deceased.
喪も服ふく
Mourning clothes worn by the bereaved at a funeral, not the clothes on the deceased.

Built from

死し+装しょう束ぞく

Written forms

死しに装しょう束ぞく
Standard kanji spelling.
死しに装しょう束ぞく
Variant with okurigana に; less common but still used.

Etymology

Compound of 死 (shi, 'death') and 装束 (shōzoku, 'attire, costume'). The variant 死に装束 includes the okurigana に from the verb 死ぬ (shinu, 'to die').