禊

みそぎ

purification ceremony

禊ぐ

to ablute; to cleanse (spiritually); to repent

禊萩

みそはぎ みぞはぎ ミソハギ ミゾハギ

Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria)

禊教

みそぎきょう

Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto)

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)

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

祓串

はらえぐし

tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies

御祓い

おはらい ごはらい

exorcism rite

祓魔師

ふつまし

exorcist

お祓い

おはらい

exorcism rite; purification

中臣祓

なかとみのはらえ

grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)