great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar