串

くし

spit, skewer

修祓

しゅばつ しゅうばつ しゅうふつ

purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

禊祓

みそぎはらえ

form of Shinto purification

祓い

はらい はらえ

purification, exorcism

祓う

はらう

to exorcise, to cleanse, to purify

大祓

おおはらえ おおはらい

before daiju00f4sai and after major disasters

祓殿

はらえどの はらいどの はらいでん

purification hall of a Shinto shrine

祓詞

はらえことば

words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

善祓

よしはらえ

purification to invite good fortune

祓魔

ふつま

exorcism

祓川

はらえがわ

river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

悪祓

あしはらえ

purification to cleanse one of sin

玉串

たまぐし たまくし

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

串柿

くしがき

dried persimmons on a skewer

串カツ

くしカツ くしかつ

fried pork and negi on skewers

竹串

たけぐし

bamboo skewer

幣串

へいぐし

staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei

魚串

うおぐし

fish skewer; skewered fish

幕串

curtain pillar; curtain stake