泣なき男おとこ

noun

professional male mourner; keener

Refers to a man hired to cry or wail at funerals, a practice seen in some traditional cultures. The term is specific and not widely used in everyday Japanese.

• 昔むかしの葬そう式しきでは、泣なき男おとこが雇やとわれることもあった。

  In old funerals, a professional male mourner was sometimes hired.

• 泣なき男おとこの役やく割わりは、遺い族ぞくの代かわりに大おお声ごえで泣なくことだった。

  The role of the keener was to cry loudly on behalf of the bereaved family.