Meaning
故人 (こじん, kojin) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “the deceased, old friend”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 6
仏教の通夜は故人の成仏を祈る。
Buddhist tsuya are held to pray for the soul of the dead to peacefully leave this world.
故人を記念する記念碑を建設するために基金を開始した。
A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man.
彼はひざまずいて故人の霊に祈りをささげた。
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
故人となった時、みんなからどんな風に偲ばれたいですか？
When you die, what would you like people to remember you as?
彼はひざをついて故人の霊に祈りを捧げた。
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。
A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.