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潔斎

けっさい
religious abstinence; purification
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忌む

斎む、諱む
いむ
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
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忌み日

忌日、斎日
いみび
unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day
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斎食

さいじき
morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.); food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
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斎行

斉行
さいこう
carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
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祝い言

祝言、斎言
いわいごと
congratulatory words; prayer for happiness
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御斎会

ごさいえ、みさいえ
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
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揚げ斎

あげどき
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)