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浄
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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
Examples
縁起に塩をまいて清める。
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
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clean; clear
Examples
水清ければ魚住まず。
Clear water breeds no fish.
2
pure; honest; clean; innocent; platonic; chaste
Examples
心の清い人たちは幸いである。
Blessed are the pure in heart.
1
pure; clean; purity
Examples
山中では空気はとても清浄だ。
The air is very pure in the mountains.
1
washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering
Examples
包帯をする前に彼は傷を洗浄した。
He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
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Buddhism
cleansing (one's mind and body)
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
unclean; dirty; impure
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Usu. as ご〜
bathroom; toilet (room)
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Archaic
menstruation; menses
4
Archaic
feces; faeces
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Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
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stomach pumping; gastric irrigation; gastric lavage; gastric suction; gastrolavage
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upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
