Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpurification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

Noungreat purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters

Nounritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

Nounpurification to invite good fortune

Nounpurification to cleanse one of sin

Nountamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies

Nounriver in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

Nounwords read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

Nounpurification hall of a Shinto shrine

Nounexorcism

Nounpurification ritual

Nounsite of purification rituals; place of harae

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbexorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence · exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

Nounexorcism rite; purification

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounnorito read at a great purification event

Noungrand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)

Nounexorcist

Nounexorcist

Nouncar purification

Nounsummer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

Nounsummer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

Nounpurification wand with paper streamers used in rites

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto purify; to exorcise

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounpurification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar