龕がん屋や

noun

temporary coffin storage (Okinawa)

A traditional Okinawan structure or room where a body is placed in a coffin and kept before burial. This is a culturally specific term, not used in standard Japanese.

• 沖おき縄なわの古ふるい家いえには、龕がん屋やと呼よばれる遺い体たい安あん置ち所じょがあった。

  In old Okinawan houses, there was a place called a 龕屋 for keeping the deceased before burial.