Meaning of はらえ in Japanese

Definition of はらえ

はらい(harai) · はらえ(harae) 【祓い ·祓】

おおはらえ(ooharae) · おおはらい(ooharai) 【大祓 ·大祓え ·大祓い】

(n) (Shinto) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijôsai and after major disasters →Related words: 大嘗祭

みそぎはらえ(misogiharae) 【禊祓】

なごしのはらえ(nagoshinoharae) 【夏越の祓 ·夏越しの祓 ·名越しの祓】

(n) summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) →Related words: 茅の輪

よしはらえ(yoshiharae) 【善祓】

あしはらえ(ashiharae) 【悪祓】

みのひのはらえ(minohinoharae) 【巳の日の祓】

(n) purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar

おおはらえのことば(ooharaenokotoba) 【大祓の詞】

なかとみのはらえ(nakatominoharae) 【中臣祓 ·中臣の祓】

(n) grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) →Related words: 大祓

はらえぐし(haraegushi) 【祓串】

はらえがわ(haraegawa) 【祓川】

はらえことば(haraekotoba) 【祓詞】