WORD DETAIL

水葬

すいそう

N1burial at sea · water burial

Examples

物語の島では、死者を海へ送る水葬の習慣が描かれている。

物語では船乗りの遺言に従って水葬が行われた。

Structure: 水葬 is read すいそう and means laying a body to rest in water, such as at sea.
Basic usage: It appears in descriptions of a fictional island's funeral custom or a funeral following a sailor's final wishes.

Funeral methods
- 水葬 involves burial in water, while 火葬(かそう) means cremation. Both use 葬 as part of a term for a funeral method.