大祓おおはらえ

noun

Great Purification; Shinto purification rite

A major Shinto purification ceremony held twice a year (in June and December) and also after major disasters or the Daijōsai. The term refers specifically to the ritual, not general purification.

See also: 大嘗祭 (だいじょうさい)

• 大祓おおはらえは六ろく月がつと十じゅう二に月がつに行おこなわれる。

  The Great Purification is performed in June and December.

• 大祓おおはらえの儀ぎ式しきでは、人ひと々びとの罪つみや穢けがれを祓はらう。

  In the Great Purification rite, people's sins and impurities are cleansed.