禊ぐ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
みそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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*⟨mi1 so2so2ɡu⟩ → *⟨mi1so2ɡu⟩ → */misəɡu//misoɡu/

From Old Japanese, continuative form misogi first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Derivation likely unknown, no known phonetic spellings attested in ancient literature.

Verb

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(みそ) (misoguintransitive yodan

  1. (Shinto, archaic) to perform misogi (purification ritual, ablution)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 420:
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      [...] (あまの)川原(かはら)()(いで)(たち)()潔身(みそぎ)()麻之乎(ましを)高山(たかやま)()(いは)()()(うへ)()()(ませ)都類香物(つるかも) [Man'yōgana]
      [...] (あま)川原(かはら)()()ちてみそぎてましを高山(たかやま)(いはほ)(うへ)にいませつるかも [Modern spelling]
      ...ama no kawara ni ide-tachite misogite mashi o takayama no iwao no ue ni imasetsuru ka mo
      ...to purify myself and pray on the Heavenly River's shore[, ah, that] I must leave him lying among the rocks of that lofty hill![1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Japanese Classics Translation Committee (2012) 1000 Poems from the Manyōshū: The Complete Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Translation, Dover Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 25