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禊

noun

(Shinto) a form of ritual purification, performed with water; ablution

私たちは新年の禊を行いました。

We performed a Shinto ritual purification for the New Year.

意味（1）

(Shinto) a form of ritual purification, performed with water; ablution

恋(こひ)せじと御(み)手洗(たらし)川(がは)にせしみそぎ神(かみ)はうけずぞなりにけらしも

koi seji to Mitarashi-gawa ni seshi misogi kami ni ukezu zo nari ni kerashi moI would love no more, and in the river of cleansing did the lustral rites―but it seems that in the end the god did not accept them.

意味（2）

(Shinto, particularly) a purification ritual held in shrines on the 三十日 (misoka, “last day”) of 水無月 (Minazuki, “sixth lunar month”)