精しょう霊りょう送おくり

noun

sending off the spirits of the dead

A Buddhist or folk custom, especially during Obon, of sending ancestral spirits back to the other world. Often involves lantern floating or bonfires. See also 魂送り.

See also: 魂送り

• お盆ぼんの最さい終しゅう日びには精しょう霊りょう送おくりが行おこなわれる。

  On the last day of Obon, the sending off of the spirits is performed.

• 精しょう霊りょう送おくりの行ぎょう事じで灯とう籠ろうを川かわに流ながす。

  During the spirit-sending ceremony, lanterns are floated down the river.