(n) (1) mourning
abstinence
(2) taboo
(3) religious purification
(n-pref) (4) pure
holy
(n) (1) taboo word
(2) euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
(n) unlucky day
death anniversary
purification and fast day
(n) things prohibited by chopstick etiquette
(n) (obsc) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the new year)
(n,vs) fasting
abstinence
confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
(v5u,vt) to detest
to abhor
to loathe
(n) (1) taboo word
(2) euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
(n) end of mourning