ひんす

suru verb (precursor)

to place the dead in a coffin and venerate them; to lie in state

Archaic verb describing an ancient funerary practice where the deceased was placed in a coffin and mourned for a period before burial. This is a historical term not used in modern Japanese; modern equivalents would use phrases like 遺体を安置する or 通夜を行う.

• 古こ墳ふん時じ代だいには、貴き人じんが亡なくなると殯ひんす儀ぎ式しきが行おこなわれた。

  During the Kofun period, when a noble person died, the ritual of placing the body in a coffin and mourning was performed.