清きよめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

purify; cleanse; exorcise

Covers physical, spiritual, and ritual purification. Can be used for cleansing a space, object, or person, as well as warding off evil or impurity.

• 神じん社じゃでお祓はらいをして身みを清きよめる。

  I purify myself with a Shinto purification ritual at the shrine.

• 川かわの水みずで手てを清きよめた。

  I cleansed my hands with river water.