送おくり人びと

noun

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

• 空くう港こうで送おくり人びとが見みえなくなるまで手てを振ふった。

  I waved until the person seeing me off at the airport was out of sight.

noun

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).

• 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 'Departures' depicts the work of an encoffiner.