けがれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
穢れ汚れ穢 (dated) 汚 (dated) 汚穢 (dated)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けがれ [kègáréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) けがれ [kègáré] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ɡa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

けがれ • (kegare) ^{←けがれ (kegare)^?}

uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement

See also

不浄(ふじょう) (fujō, “being unclean”)

Verb

けがれ • (kegare) ^{←けがれ (kegare)^?}

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN