煤すす掃はき

noun

year-end soot sweeping; house cleaning to welcome New Year gods

Traditional year-end cleaning ritual, especially on December 13th, to purify the home and welcome the New Year kami. Often synonymous with すす払い.

See also: 神 (かみ) · 煤払い

• 年ねん末まつに煤すす掃はきをして、家いえを清きよめる。

  At the end of the year, we do susuhaki to purify the house.

• 煤すす掃はきは新しん年ねんの神かみ様さまを迎むかえるための大たい切せつな行ぎょう事じだ。

  Susuhaki is an important event to welcome the gods of the New Year.