夏越の祓

なごしのはらえ

Also written 夏越しの祓, 名越しの祓

Meanings

1. Noun summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) See also: 茅の輪 (ちのわ).

Kanji

• 夏 summer
• 越 go over
• 祓 exorcise

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