Shinto purification ceremony

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ケイカツ

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みそぎはら.う

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Common Words

禊ぎそぎNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #36133
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Shinto

purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

Examples
自民党はみそぎが必要ですね。
The LDP needs a spiritual cleansing.
禊祓禊祓いそぎはらえ (禊祓)みそぎはらいNounFreq #146509
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Shinto

ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.

そはぎ禊萩溝萩みぞはぎミソハギミゾハギNounUsually kanaFreq #171568
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Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)

禊ぐみそぐIntransitiveArchaicYodan verb
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to ablute; to cleanse (spiritually); to repent

禊教みそぎきょうNoun
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Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto)

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