精しょう進じん潔けっ斎さい

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

religious purification by abstaining from meat

A yojijukugo referring to the practice of purifying oneself, especially in a Buddhist context, by avoiding meat and other impure foods. Often used in religious or traditional settings.

• 僧そう侶りょは修しゅ行ぎょうの前まえに精しょう進じん潔けっ斎さいを行おこなう。

  The monk performs purification by abstaining from meat before training.

• 精しょう進じん潔けっ斎さいして神しん事じに備そなえる。

  Purify oneself by abstaining from meat in preparation for the Shinto ritual.