Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほね
Grade: 6
ひろ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Literally "to pick up bones"

Verb

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(ほね)(ひろ) (hone o hirougodan (stem (ほね)(ひろ) (hone o hiroi), past (ほね)(ひろ)った (hone o hirotta))

  1. (idiomatic) to look after someone's affairs after someone dies
  2. to collect ashes of the deceased

Conjugation

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