精進落ち

Reading

Kana: しょうじんおち

Romaji: shōjin'ochi

Definition

noun

1

first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

Kanji

精

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 シヤウ

Meanings: refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill

進

Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める

Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote

落

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet