Word Meaning 大祓

おおはらい ooharai

大祓 is read as おおはらい (ooharai) and means great purification.

Meaning

English

great purification
purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters

Reading

Kana

おおはらい

Romaji

ooharai

Writing Variants

大祓おおはらえ ooharae
大祓い おおはらい ooharai
大祓え おおはらえ ooharae

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大祓の詞

おおはらえのことば

norito read at a great purification event

大根

だいこ

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

大勢

おおぜい

in great numbers

大切

たいせち

careful

大人

おとな

adult

大丈夫

だいじょぶ

great man

大分

だいぶ

considerably

大豆

だいず

soya bean (Glycine max)

大金

おおがね

large amount of money

大雪

おおゆき

"major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

大麦

おおむぎ

barley (Hordeum vulgare)