物もの忌いみ

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

purification through fasting and abstinence

Traditional Shintō practice of avoiding certain activities, foods, or words to maintain ritual purity, often before a festival or important event.

• 祭まつりの前まえには物もの忌いみをして身みを清きよめる。

  Before the festival, they purify themselves through abstinence.

• 神かん主ぬしは物もの忌いみの期き間かん中ちゅう、肉にくや酒さけを断たつ。

  During the purification period, the Shintō priest abstains from meat and alcohol.

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

confinement to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō)

In Onmyōdō, the practice of staying indoors on days considered inauspicious according to the calendar, to avoid encountering bad luck or impurity.

See also: 陰陽道

• 陰陽道おんみょうどうでは、不ふ吉きつな日ひには物もの忌いみとして家いえに籠こもる。

  In Onmyōdō, on inauspicious days, one confines oneself at home as a form of abstinence.