A spiritual purification and religious healing practice originating in Japan in the 1930s.

to purify spirit, soul

needed, necessary

need, necessity

cleanse, clean, pure, purify

Alternative form of 清い

a house / one's own home / a home, household / a family

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear

in my opinion; I think; I guess; upon thought; upon reflection; upon contemplation / conceivably; presumably