和英辞書

禊ぐ

verb

(Shinto, archaic) to perform misogi (purification ritual, ablution)

私たちは新年のために神社で禊ぎました。

We performed a purification ritual at the shrine for the New Year.

意味（1）

(Shinto, archaic) to perform misogi (purification ritual, ablution)

c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 3, poem 420)

...ama no kawara ni ide-tachite misogite mashi o takayama no iwao no ue ni imasetsuru ka mo...to purify myself and pray on the Heavenly River's shore[, ah, that] I must leave him lying among the rocks of that lofty hill!