In addition to 崩御, honorific languages, such as 薨御 that means the death of crown princes and ministers, 薨去 that means the death of imperial princes and persons with Sanmi or higher, and 卒去 that means the death of kings and princesses, and people higher than shii (Forth Rank) or goi (Fifth Rank) in the rank were used to express the death of nobles under the ritsuryo system.
律令制下においては貴人の死を指して崩御の他、皇太子や大臣などの死を意味する薨御、親王や三位以上の死を意味する薨去、王や女王、四位・五位以上の死を意味する卒去などの尊敬語が用いられた。