pay one's last respects

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others.

Japanese Meaning

故人の遺体や遺骨が納められた場所を訪れ、最後のお別れや哀悼の意を示す行為 / 亡くなった人に対して、最後の敬意を表すために葬儀場や火葬場等を訪れること

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To pay one's last respects, townspeople filed quietly past the casket, each leaving a single flower.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

町の人々は棺のそばを静かに列を作って通り、それぞれ一輪の花を手向けて故人に最後の別れを告げた。

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(intransitive) To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others.

Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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pays one's last respects

（ present singular third-person ）

paying one's last respects

（ participle present ）

paid one's last respects

（ participle past ）

paid one's last respects

（ past ）

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