鬼き籍せき

noun

necrology; roster of the dead

A formal or literary term for a register of deceased persons, often used in Buddhist temple contexts. The phrase 鬼籍に入る (to enter the necrology) is a common euphemism for dying.

• 彼かれの名なはすでに鬼き籍せきに入はいっている。

  His name has already been entered in the necrology (i.e., he has passed away).

• 寺てらの過か去こ帳ちょうは一いっ種しゅの鬼き籍せきである。

  A temple's death register is a kind of necrology.