Sea urchin - Sea urchin

Japanese: ウミボトケ - うみぼとけ
Sea urchin - Sea urchin

...A term used by sailors and fishermen to refer to a corpse drowned in the sea. It is also called Gorouji (Nagasaki Prefecture) or Umibotoke (Kochi Prefecture). Fishermen considered being shipwrecked and missing to be more unfortunate than death.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "seaweed" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…船乗りや漁師の言葉で海の水死体のこと。ゴロウジ(長崎県),ウミボトケ(高知県)ともいう。漁師たちは難破して行方不明になることを死ぬことより不幸と考えた。…

※「ウミボトケ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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