かばね

Etymology 1
From.

Ultimate derivation unclear. Some theories derive this sense as a Japanese compound of  +  or. However, the required →  sound shift would be unusual.

Another thought is that this might be a borrowing from, or somehow otherwise related to, 🇨🇬, a Sino-Korean term also spelled, the name for a kind of kinship hierarchy that was prevalent in the kingdom. This latter theory and its related sense might also account for the homophony with,.

Noun

 * 1)  clan
 * 2)  a kind of hereditary title bestowed to clans in ancient Japan
 * 1)  a kind of hereditary title bestowed to clans in ancient Japan

Derived terms

 * : someone's full name, written out with the status of their clan appended
 * : clan name
 * , : a specific set of eight kabane titles promulgated by in 675

Etymology 2
From. Appears in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Probably cognate with kabane (“clan”) above.

Noun

 * 1)  corpse, dead body
 * 2)   a skeleton, bones
 * , the radical
 * , the radical
 * , the radical

Derived terms

 * : literally “corpse grass”: alternative name for ; alternative name for
 * : literally “corpse place”: a grave; one's final resting place, where one intends to die

Idioms

 * : “to drip blood on a corpse” → to speak ill of the dead
 * : “the shame of a corpse” → something shameful that only becomes known after someone has died