自し然ぜん葬そう

noun

natural funeral; green burial

A funeral practice that returns the deceased to nature, most commonly by scattering ashes in a natural setting. The term emphasizes ecological return rather than traditional grave burial.

• 近きん年ねん、自し然ぜん葬そうを選えらぶ人ひとが増ふえている。

  In recent years, more people are choosing natural funerals.

• 彼かれの遺い灰はいは山やまで自し然ぜん葬そうされた。

  His ashes were scattered in the mountains as a natural funeral.