祈き雨う

noun

praying for rain

A formal or literary term for rain-making rituals. In everyday language, 雨乞い (あまごい) is more common.

See also: 雨乞い

• 昔むかし、干かんばつのときに村むら人びとたちは祈き雨うの儀ぎ式しきを行おこなった。

  Long ago, during droughts, the villagers performed rain-praying rituals.

• この神じん社じゃでは毎まい年とし、祈き雨う祭さいが執とり行おこなわれる。

  At this shrine, a rain-praying festival is held every year.