Kanji 祓 Words: Meanings and Readings

お祓い

おはらい

exorcism rite

悪祓

あしはらえ

purification to cleanse one of sin

修祓

しゅうばつ

purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

善祓

よしはらえ

purification to invite good fortune

大祓

おおはらい

great purification

大祓の詞

おおはらえのことば

norito read at a great purification event

中臣の祓

なかとみのはらえ

grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)

払い清める

はらいきよめる

to purify

巳の日の祓

みのひのはらえ

purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

名越しの祓

なごしのはらえ

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

厄ばらい

やくはらい

exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

六月祓

みなづきばらえ

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

祓

はらい

purification

祓い師

はらいし

exorcist

祓う

はらう

to exorcise

祓串

はらえぐし

tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies

祓詞

はらえことば

words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

祓川

はらえがわ

river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

祓殿

はらいでん

purification hall of a Shinto shrine

祓魔

ふつま

exorcism

祓魔師

ふつまし

exorcist

禊祓

みそぎはらえ

ritual purification