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37 葬る To Bury

Alternative Meanings

To Inter

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Godan verb

Reading

ほうむる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

その事件の真相が闇に葬られるのではないかと心配しています。

I’m worried that the truth of the incident might be buried.

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means burial, so the verb version would be to bury or to inter.

Reading Explanation

We're going to bury you, so this is your new home (ほうむ) now, friend.

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