泣なき女おんな

noun

professional female mourner; keener

A woman hired to wail and mourn at funerals, a practice seen in some traditional cultures. The term is primarily historical or ethnographic.

See also: 泣き男

• 昔むかしの葬そう式しきでは、泣なき女おんなが大おお声ごえで泣ないて故こ人じんを悼いたんだ。

  At old-fashioned funerals, professional female mourners would wail loudly to lament the deceased.

• この地ち域いきにはまだ泣なき女おんなの風ふう習しゅうが残のこっている。

  The custom of hiring keeners still remains in this region.