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死装束 (しにしょうぞく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
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.
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.
Written forms 死しに 装しょう 束ぞく
死し に 装しょう 束ぞく
Variant with okurigana に; less common but still used.
Similar 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.
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').
