| 浄化 | [じょうか, jouka] (n, vs, adj-no) purification; cleanup; (P) #13,758 [Add to Longdo] |
| 精製 | [せいせい, seisei] (n, vs, adj-no) purification; (P) #16,612 [Add to Longdo] |
| 悪祓 | [あしはらえ, ashiharae] (n) (arch) (obsc) purification to cleanse one of sin [Add to Longdo] |
| 夏越の祓;夏越しの祓;名越しの祓 | [なごしのはらえ, nagoshinoharae] (n) (See 茅の輪) summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
| 廓清;郭清 | [かくせい, kakusei] (n, vs) purification; cleaning up; purging [Add to Longdo] |
| 茅の輪 | [ちのわ, chinowa] (n) (See 夏越の祓) cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites) [Add to Longdo] |
| 忌み;斎み;忌(io);斎 | [いみ, imi] (n) (1) mourning; abstinence; (2) taboo; (3) religious purification; (n-pref) (4) pure; holy [Add to Longdo] |
| 忌み日;忌日;斎日 | [いみび, imibi] (n) (See 陰陽道) unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day [Add to Longdo] |
| 形代 | [かたしろ, katashiro] (n) (1) paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; (2) paper doll used in Shinto purification rites [Add to Longdo] |
| 潔斎 | [けっさい, kessai] (n, vs) religious abstinence; purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 御祓い;お祓い;御秡い(iK) | [おはらい, oharai] (n) exorcism (Shinti rite); purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 垢離 | [こり, kori] (n) purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 行水 | [ぎょうずい, gyouzui] (n, vs) (1) tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself; (2) cleaning oneself for religious purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 斎戒 | [さいかい, saikai] (n, vs) purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 斎戒沐浴;斎戒もく浴 | [さいかいもくよく, saikaimokuyoku] (n, vs) purification; washing [Add to Longdo] |
| 自浄 | [じじょう, jijou] (n, vs) self-purification; self-cleansing; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 修祓 | [しゅばつ;しゅうばつ;しゅうふつ, shubatsu ; shuubatsu ; shuufutsu] (n) purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event) [Add to Longdo] |
| 純化 | [じゅんか, junka] (n, vs) purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 醇化 | [じゅんか, junka] (n, vs) (1) persuading by heavy-handed methods; (2) (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements [Add to Longdo] |
| 小幣;小麻 | [こぬさ, konusa] (n) (1) (arch) small purification wand; (2) (See 切麻) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) [Add to Longdo] |
| 浄血 | [じょうけつ, jouketsu] (n) blood purification; depuration [Add to Longdo] |
| 浄水器 | [じょうすいき, jousuiki] (n) water filter; water purification system [Add to Longdo] |
| 浄水場 | [じょうすいじょう, jousuijou] (n) water purification (filtering) plant [Add to Longdo] |
| 水無月祓;六月祓 | [みなづきばらえ, minadukibarae] (n) (See 夏越しの祓) summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
| 清め;浄め | [きよめ, kiyome] (n) purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 切り火 | [きりび, kiribi] (n) Shinto fire-purification ceremony; flint sparks [Add to Longdo] |
| 善祓 | [よしはらえ, yoshiharae] (n) (arch) (obsc) purification to invite good fortune [Add to Longdo] |
| 大幣 | [おおぬさ, oonusa] (n) (1) (arch) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); (2) being in great demand [Add to Longdo] |
| 大祓;大祓い | [おおはらい;おおはらえ(大祓), ooharai ; ooharae ( dai futsu )] (n) form of Shinto purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 大祓の詞 | [おおはらえのことば, ooharaenokotoba] (n) (obsc) (See 祝詞・のりと, 大祓) norito read at a grand purification event [Add to Longdo] |
| 中臣祓;中臣の祓 | [なかとみのはらえ, nakatominoharae] (n) (arch) (See 大祓) grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鎮め物 | [しずめもの, shizumemono] (n) sacred items buried in the sumo ring during its ritual purification [Add to Longdo] |
| 湯立て;湯立ち;湯立(io) | [ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )] (n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) [Add to Longdo] |
| 巳の日の祓 | [みのひのはらえ, minohinoharae] (n) (arch) purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar [Add to Longdo] |
| 六根清浄 | [ろっこんしょうじょう, rokkonshoujou] (int) purification of the six roots of perception [Add to Longdo] |
| 祓い;祓 | [はらい;はらえ(祓), harai ; harae ( futsu )] (n) purification; exorcism [Add to Longdo] |
| 祓串 | [はらえぐし, haraegushi] (n) (obsc) (See 玉串・1) tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies [Add to Longdo] |
| 祓詞 | [はらえことば, haraekotoba] (n) words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite [Add to Longdo] |
| 祓殿 | [はらえどの;はらいどの;はらいでん, haraedono ; haraidono ; haraiden] (n) purification hall of a Shinto shrine [Add to Longdo] |
| 禊;身滌 | [みそぎ, misogi] (n, vs) purification ceremony [Add to Longdo] |
| 禊祓 | [みそぎはらえ, misogiharae] (n) (See 大祓) form of Shinto purification [Add to Longdo] |
