estate sale; estate liquidation; sorting a deceased person's belongings
Refers to the process of sorting, organizing, and disposing of a deceased person's possessions, often as a professional service.
After my mother passed away, I hired an estate liquidation service.
While sorting through my father's belongings, I found his old photo album.
遺品 refers to the belongings left by a deceased person, while 遺品整理 is the act or service of sorting and disposing of them.
整理 is a general term for organizing or tidying up; 遺品整理 specifies the context of a deceased person's estate.
Compound of 遺品 (belongings of the deceased) and 整理 (organization, sorting).