burying a corpse; entombing; interring
Archaic term for the act of burying or entombing a body. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; replaced by words like 埋葬 (まいそう).
In old documents, it is written as 'the rite of burying a corpse'.
Archaic term for a funeral or burial ceremony. In modern Japanese, 葬儀 (そうぎ) or 葬式 (そうしき) are used instead.
'Sōren' is an old funeral term that is hardly used today.
Archaic kanji spelling; 斂 means 'to encoffin' or 'to prepare a body for burial'.
Variant archaic spelling; 殮 also means 'to encoffin' or 'to lay out a body'.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 葬 (funeral/burial) and 斂/殮 (encoffinment) combine to form an archaic compound for burial or funeral rites.