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.

• この神じん社じゃでは毎まい年とし夏なつに雨あま乞ごいの儀ぎ式しきが行おこなわれる。

  At this shrine, a rain-praying ceremony is held every summer.