結けっ界かい

noun

sacred boundary; ritual enclosure; temple barrier

Buddhist term for a consecrated area or boundary that separates the sacred from the profane, often used to keep out impurities or hindrances. Sense 3 specifically refers to a physical fence between inner and outer sanctums.

• 僧そう侶りょが結けっ界かいを張はって、邪じゃ気きが入はいらないようにした。

  The monk set up a sacred boundary to keep out evil spirits.

• この寺じ院いんの結けっ界かいは、内ない陣じんと外げ陣じんを分わけている。

  The barrier in this temple separates the inner sanctum from the outer sanctum.

noun

shop lattice; store counter lattice

Archaic term for a short folding lattice placed around the front desk of a store, similar to 帳場格子.

See also: 帳場格子

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの商しょう家かでは、帳ちょう場ばの前まえに結けっ界かいが置おかれていた。

  In Edo-period merchant houses, a lattice barrier was placed in front of the accounting desk.

noun

barrier; force field; mystical barrier

Colloquial, especially in games, manga, and fantasy contexts. Refers to an invisible or magical barrier that blocks movement or contains something.

• 敵てきの魔ま法ほう使つかいが強きょう力りょくな結けっ界かいを張はって、攻こう撃げきを防ふせいだ。

  The enemy wizard erected a powerful barrier to block the attacks.

• このエリアは結けっ界かいで囲かこまれていて、モンスターが出でられないようになっている。

  This area is surrounded by a containment barrier so that monsters cannot get out.