ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
① 6月の晦日と大晦日に行われる、犯した罪や穢れを除き去るための祓えの行事。(夏と冬の季語)
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar