- 遺体【いたい】 - (dead) body, corpse, remains 
- 遺産【いさん】 - inheritance, bequest, legacy, heritage 
- 遺伝子【いでんし】 - gene, genetic 
- 遺言【ゆいごん】 - will, testament, last request, dying wish 
- 遺跡【いせき】 - (archeological) remains, ruins, relics 
- 遺族【いぞく】 - bereaved family, surviving family, family of the deceased 
- 遺書【いしょ】 - note left by a dead person, suicide note, testamentary letter, will, testament, posthumous work 
- 遺憾【いかん】 - regrettable, unsatisfactory, deplorable, lamentable 
- 遺伝【いでん】 - heredity, (genetic) inheritance 
- 遺骨【いこつ】 - cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes, remains (of war dead) 
- 後遺症【こういしょう】 - prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela 
- 遺棄【いき】 - abandonment, desertion 
- 遺児【いじ】 - orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child 
- 遺志【いし】 - wishes of a deceased person, dying wish 
- 遺恨【いこん】 - grudge, ill will, enmity 
- 遺品【いひん】 - things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property 
- 文化遺産【ぶんかいさん】 - cultural heritage 
- 遺物【いぶつ】 - relic, remains, memento 
- 遺影【いえい】 - portrait of a deceased person 
- 遺構【いこう】 - (archaeological) remains, remnants (of ancient structures), ancient foundation