生前

せいぜん

while alive, during one's lifetime

前生

ぜんしょう

previous existence

前半生

ぜんはんせい

first half of one's life

葬

funeral

前世生存

ぜんせせいぞん ぜんせいせいぞん

pre-existence

未生以前

みしょういぜん

before one's birth, before one was born

生前退位

せいぜんたいい

abdication of an emperor (before demise)

生前贈与

せいぜんぞうよ

gift inter vivos

出生前診断

しゅっしょうまえしんだん

Prenatal Diagnosis

出生前損傷

しゅっしょうまえそんしょう

prenatal injuries

密葬

みっそう

private funeral, secret burial

風葬

ふうそう

burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements, aerial sepulture (burial)

屈葬

くっそう

crouched burial

葬具

そうぐ

funeral accessories, funeral items, funeral paraphernalia

葬る

ほうむる

to bury, to inter, to entomb, to consign to oblivion, to shelve

会葬

かいそう

attendance at a funeral

直葬

ちょくそう

direct cremation; immediate cremation; cremation and burial without a funeral service

仮葬

かそう

temporary burial

葬り

ほうむり

burial