清きよめ塩じお

noun

purifying salt

Salt used in Shinto purification rituals, notably thrown in the sumo ring before a bout or scattered after funerals to ward off impurity. Also called 清めの塩.

See also: 清めの塩

• 力りき士しは土ど俵ひょうに上あがる前まえに清きよめ塩じおをまく。

  Sumo wrestlers throw purifying salt before stepping into the ring.

• 葬そう儀ぎのあと、家いえの前まえに清きよめ塩じおをまく習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of scattering purifying salt in front of the house after a funeral.