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死人 しにん

  1. corpse; dead person

死人に口なし しにんにくちなし

  1. dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense

死人担ぎ しびとかつぎ

  1. carrying a casket; carrying something (in a group) on one shoulder, as if it were a casket (considered an ill-omened way to carry something)
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