How to say "bury" in Japanese

• 埋めるうめるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbRead うめる: the word for burying something in the ground, putting an object into the earth and covering it. When 'bury' means that, this is the one to use.
  犬いぬはよく骨ほねを地面じめんに埋うめる。↗

  Dogs often bury bones.
• 埋めるうずめるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbWith the reading うずめる, this word means to cover or submerge something, as in burying one's face in one's hands. For burying objects in the ground, うめる is used instead.
  けいこは枕まくらに顔かおをうずめて泣ないた。↗

  Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.
• 葬るほうむるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe word for burying the dead — interring a body or entombing it. Choose it when what is buried is a person; for burying objects in the ground, 埋める is the verb.
  これがブレークの葬ほうむられている教会きょうかいです。↗

  This is the church where Blake is buried.

For burying things in the ground use 「埋める」（うめる）; for covering or submerging, such as burying one's face in one's hands, use 「埋める」（うずめる）; 「葬る」 is for burying the dead — interring or entombing a body.

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• 埋めるうめるto bury (e.g. in the ground)
• 埋めるうずめるto cover
• 葬るほうむるto bury
• 埋め込むうめこむto bury
• 埋けるいけるto bury (in the ground)
• 埋け込むいけこむto bury (e.g. in ash, snow, earth)
• 送るおくるto bid farewell to (the departed)
• 見送るみおくるto take care of (someone) until death
• 閉ざすとざすto consume (with negative feelings)