けがれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
穢れ
汚れ
(dated)
(dated)
汚穢 (dated)

Pronunciation

Noun

けがれ • (kegare) けがれ (kegare)?

  1. uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement

See also

Verb

けがれ • (kegare) けがれ (kegare)?

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of けがれる (kegareru) [ichidan]

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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