NichiDict

葬る

N1
ほうむる
[houmuru]
Illustration for 葬る

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to bury; to inter; to entomb

2.GodanTransitive

to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

Examples

スキャンダルを葬り去ろうとした。

They tried to bury the scandal.

彼は生まれ故郷の墓地に静かに葬られた

He was quietly buried in the cemetery of his hometown.

会社は不祥事を闇に葬ろうとしたが失敗した。

The company tried to bury the scandal but failed.