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生き埋め (いきうめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生いき埋うめ

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き

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め

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

burying alive; live burial

Refers to the act of burying someone while still alive, or the state of being buried alive. Often used in news, historical, or dramatic contexts.

地じ震しんで生いき埋うめになった人ひと々びとを救きゅう助じょする。
Rescue people who were buried alive in the earthquake.
生いき埋うめにされる恐きょう怖ふは

想そう

像ぞう

を

絶ぜっ

する

。

The fear of being buried alive is unimaginable.

Written forms

生いき埋うめUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
生いき埋うめUsage8%
Less common variant; 生き埋め is strongly preferred.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
埋bury, be filled up, embedded

Etymology

Compound of 生き (iki, 'living') + 埋め (ume, 'burying'), from the verb 埋める (umeru, 'to bury').