棺

かん ひつぎ

coffin, casket

目を覆う

めをおおう

to avert one's eyes, to avoid looking straight at something, to cover one's eyes

顔を覆う

かおをおおう

to cover one's face

空を覆う

そらをおおう

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

木棺

wooden coffin

石棺

せっかん せきかん

sarcophagus, stone coffin

寝棺

ねかん

coffin, casket

棺桶

かんおけ

coffin, casket

出棺

しゅっかん

carrying out a coffin, funeral procession

納棺

のうかん

placing of body in coffin

入棺

にゅうかん

placing in the coffin

甕棺

かめかん

burial urn (often two-storey), funerary urn

棺架

bier

覆う

おおう

to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise

覆

concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover

常識を覆す

じょうしきをくつがえす

to defy conventional wisdom

判決を覆す

はんけつをくつがえす

to overrule a decision

棺内分娩

かんないぶんべん

coffin birth; postmortem fetal extrusion

棺を蓋いて事定まる

かんをおおいてことさだまる

a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed