厄払い

やくばらい, やくはらいyakubarai

noun · suru verb · intransitive

  1. exorcism
  2. ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
  3. exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences