祓川はらえがわ

noun

river for ritual purification

A river where worshippers perform misogi (purification) before praying at a shrine. This is a specific cultural term, not a general word for any river.

• 参さん拝ぱい者しゃは神じん社じゃのそばの祓川はらえがわで身みを清きよめた。

  The worshippers purified themselves in the harai-gawa beside the shrine.