hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
facing south; southern exposure
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
Buddhist memorial service
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
those (near the second person)
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
12th anniversary of one's death
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)