鬼き籍せきに入いる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

pass away; die; join the dead

Idiomatic and somewhat literary euphemism for dying, literally 'to enter the death register'. Used in formal or solemn contexts.

• 祖そ父ふは昨さく年ねん、静しずかに鬼き籍せきに入いりました。

  My grandfather quietly passed away last year.

• 多おおくの著ちょ名めい人じんが今年ことし鬼き籍せきに入いった。

  Many notable people have passed away this year.