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    3. 屍蝋

    屍蝋

    屍し蝋ろう

    adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture)

    NTNounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab23 strokes

    死蝋屍蠟死蠟

    しろう

    Noun

    1.
    adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture), grave wax

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    Kanji that make up this word

    屍
    しかばね…(1)
    corpse
    蝋
    みつろう・ろうそく…(2)
    wax
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