精しょう進じん落おとし

noun

breaking a period of abstinence; resuming meat, fish, or alcohol after a period of abstaining

Refers to the act of ending a period of dietary or religious abstinence, especially in Buddhist contexts, by eating previously restricted foods. Often used for the first meal after a mourning period or a retreat.

• 法ほう事じのあと、精しょう進じん落おとしの席せきが設もうけられた。

  After the memorial service, a meal to break the period of abstinence was arranged.

• 精しょう進じん落おとしに、久ひさしぶりに刺さし身みを食たべた。

  To break the abstinence, I had sashimi for the first time in a long while.