葬る

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 葬る is read as ほうむる and is a transitive verb meaning to bury the dead or figuratively suppress something inconvenient.
• Basic usage: Literal burial appears in 亡くなった犬を葬る, while concealment appears in 証拠を闇に葬る.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Literal and figurative meanings
  • Context distinguishes laying a dead being to rest from making evidence or a fact disappear from public view.
• Difference from 埋める
  • 埋める broadly means putting an object under soil or another material, while 葬る focuses on burial in a funerary sense or burying a fact for good.