火か葬そう

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火葬する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the act or practice of cremating a body. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

〈人ひと〉を火か葬そうにするto cremate (a deceased person)
祖そ父ふの遺い体たいは火か葬そうにされた。
My grandfather's body was cremated.
遺い体たいを火か葬そうに付ふすto have a body cremated (formal phrasing)
遺い体たいは数すう日じつ後ごに火か葬そうに付ふされた。
The body was cremated a few days later.
火か葬そう場ばで火か葬そうするto carry out a cremation at a crematorium
近ちかくの火か葬そう場ばで火か葬そうすることになった。
It was decided that the cremation would take place at a nearby crematorium.

荼だ毘び
火葬 is the plain, everyday word for cremation, while 荼毘 is an older, more literary/Buddhist term usually seen in the set phrase 荼毘に付す.

土ど葬そう
火葬 is disposal of a body by burning, while 土葬 is disposal by burial in the ground.

家か相そう
火葬 (cremation) and 家相 (the traditional feng-shui-like assessment of a house's layout) are unrelated words that happen to share the same reading かそう.
散さん骨こつ
火葬 is the act of cremating a body, while 散骨 is the later act of scattering the resulting ashes.
埋まい葬そう
火葬 means cremation (disposing of a body by burning), while 埋葬 means burial in the ground; learners sometimes mix up which method each word refers to.

Compound of 火 (fire) and 葬 (burial, funeral). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji straightforwardly indicate 'fire burial'.