はらえ
Meanings
Noun
1. purification; exorcism
Kanji used
exorcism
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
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