生なま臭ぐさ物もの

noun

meat and fish (forbidden to monks)

Dated Buddhist term referring to animal-based foods prohibited under monastic precepts. Contrasts with 精進物 (vegetarian temple food).

See also: 精進物

• 昔むかしの僧そう侶りょは生なま臭ぐさ物ものを口くちにしなかった。

  Monks in the past did not eat meat or fish.

• 精しょう進じん料りょう理りには生なま臭ぐさ物ものは一いっ切さい使つかわれていない。

  No meat or fish is used at all in traditional Buddhist vegetarian cuisine.