納のう棺かん師し

noun

mortician; undertaker; person who prepares a body for burial

A professional who cleans, dresses, and places the deceased into a coffin. The term gained wider recognition through the 2008 film 'Okuribito' (おくりびと).

• 彼かれは納のう棺かん師しとして、故こ人じんを丁てい寧ねいに棺ひつぎに納おさめる仕し事ごとをしている。

  He works as a mortician, carefully placing the deceased into the coffin.

• 映えい画が「おくりびと」は納のう棺かん師しの仕し事ごとを描えがいている。

  The film 'Okuribito' depicts the work of a mortician.