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coffin October 26, 2020

(C1 名詞) a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated // 棺(おけ), 柩（ひつぎ）// “A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin” // “the flag-draped coffins of soldiers coming home” // (Oxford Learner’s Dictionary)

costume October 20, 2020

(B2 名詞) a set of clothes that someone wears to make them look like someone or something else, for example in a play // 衣装, 扮装, 仮装, 着ぐるみ // “He arrived at the party dressed in a gorilla costume” // “The actors were already in costume when the director arrived” // (Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary)

haunt October 19, 2020

(C1 動詞) if the ghost of a dead person haunts a place, people say that they have seen it there // 〈幽霊などが〉〈場所･人〉に化（ば）けて出る, 現れる // “A headless rider haunts the country lanes” // “I’ll come back to haunt you!” // (Oxford Learner’s Dictionary)