雨あま乞ごい

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

praying for rain; rain-making ritual

Refers to traditional rituals or ceremonies performed to invoke rain, often in agricultural contexts. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (雨乞いをする).

• 日ひ照でりが続つづいたので、村むら人びとたちは雨あま乞ごいをした。

  Because the drought continued, the villagers performed a rain-making ritual.