追つい儺な

noun

ceremony of driving out evil spirits; exorcism ritual

Refers to a traditional Japanese ceremony, often associated with Setsubun, where evil spirits are expelled. Historical and cultural term; not an everyday word.

• 追つい儺なは節せつ分ぶんの起き源げんとされる儀ぎ式しきだ。

  Tsuina is a ritual considered to be the origin of Setsubun.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうでは、大おお晦日みそかに追つい儺なが行おこなわれた。

  In the Heian-period imperial court, tsuina was performed on New Year's Eve.