Illustration: In a quiet home, an adult daughter places her father's familiar fishing hat beside his framed memorial portrait. The portrait shows the same smiling man wearing that hat beside a river. Flowers, a small incense burner, and an offering of his favorite sweet sit nearby.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

故こ人じん

kojin

the deceased

Example sentences

故人こじんをしのんで、記念碑きねんひが建たてられた。
A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.
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故人こじんは８０歳さいであった。
The deceased was eighty years old.
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彼かれはひざをついて故人こじんの霊れいに祈いのりを捧ささげた。
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
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Kanji in 故人

故happenstance; especiallyOnコKunゆえ・ふるい・もと
人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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