葬る

ほうむる · houmuru · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to bury

葬 — grass 艹 + 死 (death) + 廾 (two hands)
葬 is an associative compound depicting a corpse (死) placed between grass (艹) above and below, with hands (廾) laying it to rest. It pictures an ancient burial practice of covering the dead with vegetation. The original sense 'to bury' has remained stable for millennia.

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