埋葬|まいそうmaisou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveburial
    彼女かのじょは生うまれ故郷こきょうに埋葬まいそうされた。↗
    She was buried in her hometown.
Conjugation
Dictionary form埋葬する(まいそうする)
Polite (masu)埋葬します(まいそうします)
Negative (nai)埋葬しない(まいそうしない)
polite (masen)埋葬しません(まいそうしません)
classical zu / nu埋葬せず・埋葬せぬ(まいそうせず・まいそうせぬ)
Past (ta)埋葬した(まいそうした)
polite (mashita)埋葬しました(まいそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)埋葬しなかった(まいそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)埋葬しませんでした(まいそうしませんでした)
Te form埋葬して(まいそうして)
Potential埋葬できる(まいそうできる)
Passive埋葬される(まいそうされる)
Causative埋葬させる(まいそうさせる)
Causative passive埋葬させられる(まいそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)埋葬すれば(まいそうすれば)
tara埋葬したら(まいそうしたら)
Volitional埋葬しよう(まいそうしよう)
polite (mashou)埋葬しましょう(まいそうしましょう)
Imperative埋葬しろ(まいそうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym葬るほうむるNeutralThe verb for burying; figuratively it can mean covering up a scandal, as in 「闇に葬る」. 「埋葬」 itself refers only to interring remains in the ground.
  • Related葬斂そうれんWrittenWritten/formal prose and very rare; refers to the funeral itself. In modern Japanese 「葬儀」 or 「葬式」 is the normal word.
  • Related葬りほうむりWrittenRare native-Japanese noun meaning burial; 「埋葬」 is the word normally used.
  • Related野辺送りのべおくりNeutralSeeing the body off to the crematorium or graveside — a funeral procession; it stresses the sending-off and carries a traditional flavor.
  • Related葬そうNeutralA single character meaning funeral, used mostly in compounds such as 「家族葬」 and 「社葬」.
  • Antonym発掘はっくつNeutralExcavation — digging what lies buried out of the ground, the opposite of 「埋葬」.
  • Antonym掘り起こしNeutralDigging out what is buried; figuratively also unearthing latent demand. The opposite of 「埋葬」.

Use 「埋葬」 for interring remains or ashes in the ground; the verb is 「葬る」, which can also figuratively mean to hush something up. For the funeral say 「葬儀」, for the procession 「野辺送り」; the opposite is 「発掘」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 遺体いたい・遺骨いこつを土つちの中なかに葬ほうむること。
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