How to say "coffin" in Japanese

• 棺かんCommon
  nounThe direct word for a coffin or casket, the box in which a body is placed for burial or cremation. Use it when you simply mean the object itself, as in funeral contexts.
• 入れ物いれものJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounLiterally means 'container' in general, but as a gloss it reflects euphemistic use: people say this instead of 棺 to refer to a coffin indirectly. Choose it only when deliberately softening the mention of death.

Use 棺 for a coffin in the literal sense; 「入れ物」 is a euphemistic way of referring to the same thing, chosen when the speaker wants to avoid saying the word directly.

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• 棺かんcoffin
• 棺桶かんおけcoffin
• 霊柩れいきゅうcoffin
• コフィンcoffin
• 寝棺ねかんcoffin
• 入れ物いれものcoffin
• 水船みずぶねcoffin