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厄落とし (やくおとし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

厄やく落おとし

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し

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

exorcism; warding off evil; escape from bad luck

Refers to rituals or actions meant to drive away misfortune or evil spirits. Often used in religious or superstitious contexts.

神じん社じゃで厄やく落おとしの祈き祷とうをしてもらった。
I had a prayer for exorcism performed at the shrine.
厄やく落おとしに、わざと

高たか

い

買か

い

物もの

を

し

た

。

To ward off bad luck, I deliberately made an expensive purchase.

Written forms

厄やく落おとしUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling.
厄落やくおとし
Variant spelling with 落し instead of 落とし.

Kanji

厄unlucky, misfortune, bad luck
落fall, drop, come down

Similar words

厄やく払ばらい
厄払い is more common and broadly refers to driving away misfortune, while 厄落とし often implies a specific ritual or action to remove bad luck that has already attached.
お祓はらい
お祓い is a general term for purification or exorcism, often performed by a Shinto priest, whereas 厄落とし can include personal, non-religious actions.

Etymology

Compound of 厄 (yaku, 'misfortune') and 落とし (otoshi, 'dropping, removing'), literally 'dropping misfortune'.