Vocabulary
故人
こじん
the deceased; the departed
noun
N3
freq #7
Example sentences
彼（かれ）はひざをついて故人（こじん）の霊（れい）に祈（いの）りを捧（ささ）げた。
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
故人（こじん）は８０歳（ゼロさい）であった。
The deceased was eighty years old.