清きよめ

noun

purification; cleansing

Refers to ritual or spiritual purification, often in Shinto contexts, but can also be used more generally for cleansing something of impurities.

• 神じん社じゃでお清きよめの塩しおをいただいた。

  I received purification salt at the shrine.

• 心こころの清きよめのために滝たきに打うたれる修しゅ行ぎょうがある。

  There is a practice of standing under a waterfall for spiritual purification.