List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- purification to invite good fortune
archaic noun noun (generic)
- purification to cleanse one of sin
archaic expression noun noun (generic)
- purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar
archaic noun noun (generic)
- grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies)
- being in great demand
archaic noun noun (generic)
- small purification wand
- thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- wheat
archaic noun noun (generic)
- offerings of food (to the gods)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table)