noun
pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat
Obsolete term referring to strong-smelling vegetables (such as garlic, onions, leeks) and meat with a raw odor, often in the context of Buddhist dietary restrictions.
僧侶は葷羶を避けるべきとされた。
Monks were supposed to avoid pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat.
「葷羶」という言葉は、今ではほとんど使われない。
The word 葷羶 is hardly used nowadays.
From Chinese 葷羶 (hūnshān), combining 葷 'strong-smelling vegetables' and 羶 'rank smell of meat'. The term entered Japanese through Buddhist texts and is now obsolete.