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    3. 物忌み

    物忌み

    物もの忌いみ​

    purification through fasting and abstinence

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    物忌

    ものいみものいまいぶっき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    purification through fasting and abstinence
    2.
    confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)

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    Characters that make up this word

    物
    もの・もの-…(2)
    thing・object・matter
    Kanji
    忌
    い.む・い.み・い.まわしい…(2)
    mourning・abhor・detestable・death anniversary
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
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