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    別火

    別べっ火か

    cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites

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    べっかべつび

    Noun

    1.
    cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites, cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    別
    わか.れる・わ.ける…(2)
    separate・branch off・diverge・fork・another…(2)
    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
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