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けが 汚れ
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Noun
1. uncleanness; impurity; defilement​
Noun
2. disgrace; shame; stain; blot; corruption; depravity​
  • おとうお父さん
  • の
  • はさん破産
  • は
  • かめい家名
  • の
  • けが汚れ
  • でした
    • 。
Father's bankruptcy was a blot on the family's reputation.
Noun
3. uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.​
Wikipedia definition
4. Kegare​is the Japanese term for a state of pollution and defilement, important particularly in Shinto as a religious term. Typical causes of kegare are the contact with any form of death, childbirth (for both parents), disease and menstruation. In Shinto kegare is a form of tsumi, which needs to be somehow remedied by the person responsible. This condition can be remedied through purification rites called misogi and harae.
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穢れ 【けがれ】

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