person seeing someone off; sender-off
Refers to someone who accompanies a departing person to say goodbye, e.g., at an airport or station. Often contrasted with 迎え人 (person who meets someone).
See also: 迎え人
I waved until the person seeing me off at the airport was out of sight.
person who prepares a body for burial; encoffiner
Colloquial term for someone who ritually cleanses and dresses a deceased person before cremation or burial. Gained wider recognition through the film おくりびと (Departures).
The film 'Departures' depicts the work of an encoffiner.
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana spelling is common, especially after the 2008 film of the same name.
Compound of 送り (okuri, 'sending off') + 人 (hito, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of ひと to びと. The burial sense is a specialized extension of the seeing-off meaning.