葬ほうむる

also: ほうぶる

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葬る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	葬ほうむる	葬ほうむらない
Polite	葬ほうむります	葬ほうむりません
Past polite	葬ほうむりました	葬ほうむりませんでした
Past	葬ほうむった	葬ほうむらなかった
Te-form	葬ほうむって	葬ほうむらないで
Desire	葬ほうむりたい	葬ほうむりたくない
Potential	葬ほうむれる	葬ほうむれない
Passive	葬ほうむられる	葬ほうむられない
Causative	葬ほうむらせる	葬ほうむらせない
Causative passive	葬ほうむらせられるalso 葬ほうむらされる	葬ほうむらせられないalso 葬ほうむらされない
Volitional	葬ほうむろう
Polite volitional	葬ほうむりましょう
Imperative	葬ほうむれ	葬ほうむるな
Conditional	葬ほうむれば	葬ほうむらなければ
Tara conditional	葬ほうむったら	葬ほうむらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

bury; inter; entomb

Literal burial of a dead body, often in a grave or tomb. Formal or solemn tone.

遺い体たいは故こ郷きょうの墓ぼ地ちに葬ほうむられた。
The remains were buried in the cemetery of his hometown.
彼かれは家か族ぞくの墓はかに葬ほうむられた。
He was interred in the family grave.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

cover up; hush up; shelve

Figurative use: to conceal a scandal, problem, or inconvenient truth; to bury an issue so it is forgotten. Often used with words like 事件, 問題, 疑惑.

会かい社しゃは不ふ祥しょう事じを葬ほうむろうとした。
The company tried to cover up the scandal.
その問もん題だいは闇やみに葬ほうむられた。
The issue was buried in darkness (hushed up).

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を葬ほうむるto bury someone (a deceased person)
彼かれは故こ郷きょうの墓ぼ地ちに葬ほうむられた。
He was buried in the cemetery of his hometown.
〈事こと〉を葬ほうむるto hush up or shelve an incident/scandal
会かい社しゃはその不ふ正せい事じ件けんを葬ほうむろうとした。
The company tried to bury the fraud scandal.
〈場ば所しょ〉に葬ほうむるto bury someone in a certain place
祖そ父ふは先せん祖ぞ代だい々だいの墓はかに葬ほうむられた。
My grandfather was buried in the family grave.
〈事こと〉を葬ほうむり去さるto completely bury/erase a matter for good
政せい府ふはその疑ぎ惑わくを歴れき史しの中なかに葬ほうむり去さった。
The government buried the allegations completely in history.

Expressions

闇やみから闇やみに葬ほうむるcover up; hush up; shroud in darkness · have a secret abortion

Kanji

葬interment, bury, shelve

Related words

埋まい葬そう sense 1
埋葬する is the formal, technical term used for the ceremonial act of burying a body, while 葬る is a more literary word that also extends to figurative cover-ups.
隠いん蔽ぺい sense 2
隠蔽する is a formal, often bureaucratic term for covering up facts, while 葬る adds a stronger sense of finality, as if burying the matter forever.
埋うめるN3sense 1
埋める is the general verb for burying or filling anything (a hole, an object), whereas 葬る is reserved for burying a corpse or figuratively suppressing a matter.
隠かくすN3sense 2
隠す is the general verb for hiding or concealing anything, while 葬る implies deliberately making an issue disappear from public attention for good.

Opposites

発はっ掘くつN1sense 1
発掘する means to dig up or unearth something, the physical opposite of 葬る's act of burying.
公こう表ひょうN2sense 2
公表する means to make something public, the opposite of 葬る's figurative sense of hushing up or concealing a matter.

Word family

葬ほうむり
burial; interment
葬ほうむり去さる
consign to oblivion; bury; hush up

Written forms

葬るUsage97%
- ほうむる
  Standard kanji spelling for both literal burial and figurative cover-up senses.
- ほうぶる
  Rare reading; mostly historical or dialectal. Learners should use ほうむる.
ほうむるUsage3%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the figurative sense.
ほうぶる

Etymology

The kanji 葬 means 'burial' or 'funeral'. The reading ほうむる is of native Japanese origin, likely related to 放る (ほうる, to throw away) and 埋む (うずむ, to bury), but the exact derivation is uncertain.