盟神探湯くかたち

noun

trial by boiling water; ordeal by hot water

Historical term for an ancient Japanese practice of determining guilt or innocence by having a person plunge their hand into boiling water, based on the belief that the innocent would not be scalded.

• 古こ代だい日本にほんでは、盟神探湯くかたちが裁さい判ばんの手しゅ段だんとして用もちいられた。

  In ancient Japan, trial by boiling water was used as a means of judgment.

• 盟神探湯くかたちは、神かみの加か護ごを信しんじる社しゃ会かいで行おこなわれた。

  Trial by boiling water was practiced in societies that believed in divine protection.