Words — 41 found
1. Great Lent; Great FastChristianity
1. shrine fence
1. purification
1. master of religious ceremonies
しょうじんけっさい
精進潔斎
1. purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meatYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
さいかいもくよく
斎戒沐浴
1. purification; washingYojijukugo (four character compound)
斎戒もく浴 【さいかいもくよく】
い
忌む
1. to avoid; to refrain from; to shun
2. to detestOnly applies to 忌む, Only applies to 諱む
斎む 【いむ】、諱む 【いむ】
いび
忌み日
1. unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast daySee also 陰陽道
忌日 【いみび】、斎日 【いみび】
1. unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the EmperorHistorical term
ひんそうかさどき
貧僧の重ね斎
1. good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)Proverb