Word Meaning 故人
こじん
kojin
故人 is read as こじん (kojin) and means old friend.
Meaning
English
- old friend
- longtime acquaintance
- the deceased
- the departed
Reading
Kana
こじん
Romaji
kojin
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5故人の遺志を家族が受け継いだ。
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.
故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。
A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.
故人となった時、みんなからどんな風に偲ばれたいですか?
When you die, what would you like people to remember you as?
最近では、故人が亡くなってから7日目に行う初七日法要を葬儀当日に済ませることが多くなっています。
It has recently become common to hold the Buddhist seventh-day memorial service on the same day as the funeral.
「大切な人が笑っている写真が祭壇や仏壇に飾られていれば、手を合わせたときに故人の声が聞こえてくると思うんです」と彼は話す。
"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.