祖母の遺灰は寺院に置かれた骨壷に入っている。

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English Translation

Grandmother's ashes are in an urn at the temple.

Furigana

祖母(そぼ)の遺(のこ)灰(はい)は寺院(じいん)に置(お)かれた骨壷(こつつぼ)に入(はい)っている。

Romanji

Sobo no noko hai wa jiin ni okareta kotsutsubo ni haitteiru.

Words

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

残る (のこる)

to remain; to be left

灰 (はい)

ash; ashes

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

寺院 (じいん)

temple

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

骨壷 (こつつぼ)

funerary urn

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in