purification through fasting and abstinence; confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
taboo object; thing avoided as impure or unlucky