Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The award the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives out to the best foreign film of the year. Departures won this prestigious award after it was released
Depart
To leave
Dissolve
To close down or dismiss something or someone
Encoffinment
The placement of a dead body into a coffin
Nokan
Japanese for casketing
Okuribito
The original Japense title of the film. Translated, it means to send people away.
Proper
Real
Public Bath
A bath that is for communal use; everyone can use it
Salary
The money paid for a job/work performed
Tokyo
The setting of the film and the capital city of Japan
