葷くん羶せん

noun

pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat

Obsolete term referring to strong-smelling vegetables (such as garlic, onions, leeks) and meat with a raw odor, often in the context of Buddhist dietary restrictions.

• 僧そう侶りょは葷くん羶せんを避さけるべきとされた。

  Monks were supposed to avoid pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat.

• 「葷くん羶せん」という言こと葉ばは、今いまではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The word 葷羶 is hardly used nowadays.