Words — 20 found
きんよく
禁欲
1. abstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation
禁慾 【きんよく】
禁慾: Rarely-used kanji form.
い
忌み
1. mourning; abstinence
2. taboo
3. religious purification
4. pure; holy
斎み 【いみ】、忌 【いみ】、斎 【いみ】
忌: Irregular okurigana usage.
1. abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)
1. religious abstinence; purification
ものい
物忌み
1. purification through fasting and abstinence
2. confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)See also 陰陽道
物忌 【ものいみ】、物忌 【ものいまい】、物忌 【ぶっき】