Word Meaning 故人

こじん kojin

故人 is read as こじん (kojin) and means old friend.

Meaning

English

  1. old friend
  2. longtime acquaintance
  3. the deceased
  4. the departed

Reading

Kana

こじん

Romaji

kojin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Synonyms 帰らぬ人,死者,死傷者,死人,亡き人, Antonyms 生人 Related Words 死者,死人,,仏様,帰らぬ人,,死ぬ,亡くなる Rank 9661 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

故人を偲ぶ

こじんをしのぶ

to think of the dead

人身事故

じんしんじこ

accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

故郷

ふるさと

ruins

故障

こしょう

objection

故意

こい

mens rea (guilty mind)

故事

こじ

historical event

故に

ゆえに

therefore

故国

ここく

one's native land

故郷

こきょう

hometown

故事成語

こじせいご

idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

故実

こじつ

ancient practices

故主

こしゅ

one's former master

Example Sentences

5

こじんのいしをかぞくがうけついだ。

The family carried on the wishes of the deceased.

A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.

When you die, what would you like people to remember you as?

It has recently become common to hold the Buddhist seventh-day memorial service on the same day as the funeral.

"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.