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かん 棺
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Noun
1. coffin; casket​
Wikipedia definition
2. Coffin​A coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people – either for burial or cremation. Contemporary North American English makes a distinction between "coffin" and "casket". A coffin is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides, and a casket, which generally denotes a four-sided box.
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Other forms
棺 【ひつぎ】、柩 【ひつぎ】、柩 【きゅう】

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