斎さい戒かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

purification; abstinence; ritual cleansing

Refers to religious or ritual purification, often involving abstaining from certain foods, activities, or worldly concerns before a sacred event. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (斎戒する).

• 神しん事じの前まえには斎さい戒かいして身みを清きよめる。

  Before the Shinto ritual, one purifies oneself through abstinence.

• 斎さい戒かい期き間かん中ちゅうは肉にくや酒さけを断たつ。

  During the purification period, one abstains from meat and alcohol.