[ほとけ, hotoke] (n) (1) Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image; (2) the dead; (P) #2386
[くよう, kuyou] (n, vs) memorial service for the dead; holding a service; (P) #12152
[いれい, irei] (n) comfort the spirit (of the dead); (P) #13938
[しとう, shitou] (n, vs) life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death #15241
[ぼん, bon] (n) (1) O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead; (2) tray; (3) family; household; (P) #15326
[てんほう;テンホー, tenhou ; tenho-] (n) mahjong hand in which the dealer goes out immediately #18459
[みかげ, mikage] (n) divine spirit; spirit of the dead #18888
[あのよ, anoyo] (n, adj-no) the other world; world of the dead; (P)
[おぼん, obon] (n) O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
[doushitamono ; doushitamon] (exp) (col) what's up with; what's the deal with; what's to be done with
[えきさく, ekisaku] (n) (hon) (obsc) the death of a scholar
[かくりよ, kakuriyo] (n) (obsc) (See あの世) afterlife; realm of the dead
[よみのくに, yominokuni] (n) (See 黄泉・よみ) hades; realm of the dead; the next world
[よもつくに, yomotsukuni] (n) (See 黄泉・よみ, 黄泉の国) hades; realm of the dead; the next world
[えこうもん, ekoumon] (n) { Buddh } closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
[かくりん, kakurin] (n) (1) (arch) the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings); (2) one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)
[きしかいせい, kishikaisei] (n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; (P)
[きせき, kiseki] (n) roster of the dead
[きょくめんだかい, kyokumendakai] (n) breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
[みるめかぐはな, mirumekaguhana] (exp) (1) (See 閻魔) Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead); (2) (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye
[げんかい, genkai] (n) this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)
[こじんをしのぶ, kojinwoshinobu] (exp, v5b) to think of the dead
[あとおいしんじゅう;あとおいしんぢゅう, atooishinjuu ; atooishindyuu] (n) suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death
[ごぶつ, gobutsu] (n) { Buddh } (See 弥勒, 前仏・2) Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
[ごりょうえ, goryoue] (n) ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
[みたましろ, mitamashiro] (n) something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
[こうれい, kourei] (n) communication with the dead
[たまむかえ, tamamukae] (n) welcoming the spirits of the dead
[たまおくり, tamaokuri] (n) sending off the spirits of the dead
[ひだりまえ, hidarimae] (n) (1) going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; (2) wearing a kimono with the right side tucked under the left (normally used only for the dead); (P)
[ゆびもじ, yubimoji] (n) fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
[しにものぐるい, shinimonogurui] (exp, n, adj-no) desperation; struggle to the death
[しをいたむ, shiwoitamu] (exp, v5m) to mourn over the death of
[しけいはいし, shikeihaishi] (n) abolition of the death penalty; abolition of capital punishment
[ししゃのしょ, shishanosho] (n) Book of the Dead (ancient Egypt)
[ししゃをいかす, shishawoikasu] (exp, v5s) (obsc) to revive the dead
[しうん, shiun] (n) purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
[じかんぎれ, jikangire] (n) (1) being out of time; passing the deadline; (2) time-out; (P)
[みみのふじゆう, miminofujiyuu] (n, adj-na) deafness; the deaf
[じゃく, jaku] (n) (1) (entering into) nirvana; (n-suf) (2) used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time; (adj-t, adv-to) (3) silent; tranquil
[まじなう, majinau] (v5u) (1) (arch) to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray; (2) to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse; (3) to treat illness with prayer
[じゅうおう, juuou] (n) { Buddh } ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
[はつぼん, hatsubon] (n) first obon following the death of a family member
[しょうこん, shoukon] (n) invocation of the dead
[とこよ, tokoyo] (n) (1) eternalness; forever unchanging; (2) (abbr) (See 常世の国) distant land over the sea; world of the dead
[ひとをしにいたす, hitowoshiniitasu] (exp, v5s) (arch) to cause the death of a person
[しょうりょうえ, shouryoue] (n) (1) (esp. 精霊会) (See 盂蘭盆) Bon Festival; (2) (esp. 聖霊会) Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22th day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
[せいれいすうはい, seireisuuhai] (n) spiritism; worship of the dead
[きりじに, kirijini] (n, vs) (sens) fighting to the death (with swords)
[くさきもねむるうしみつとき, kusakimonemuruushimitsutoki] (exp) (See 丑三つ時) the dead of night