不浄

ふじょう
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1

Unclean, dirty, or ritually impure (often used in religious/ceremonial contexts).

Na-AdjectiveNoun Taking 'の'Noun

Examples

仏教では血や死体に触れると不浄と見なされることがある。

In Buddhism, contact with blood or a corpse is sometimes regarded as impure.

調理の前に手を洗わないと不浄となるので注意してください。

Be careful to wash your hands before cooking, or it will be unclean/unsanitary.

心の不浄を取り除くために祈りを捧げた。

He offered prayers to cleanse the impurities of the heart/mind.

その床は長年掃除されず不浄な状態だった。

The floor had not been cleaned for years and was dirty.

2

A euphemistic term for the bathroom/toilet; usually used with the honorific prefix as 'ご不浄'.

Noun

Examples

すみません、ご不浄はどちらにございますか?

Excuse me, where is the restroom?

ご不浄をお借りしてもよろしいでしょうか。

May I use your restroom?

3

Archaic: refers to menstruation (rarely used in modern language).

NounArchaic

Examples

江戸時代の文献では、女性の月経を不浄と表記することがあった。

In Edo-period writings, women's menstruation was sometimes described as 'impure.'

4

Archaic: refers to feces; not commonly used in this sense today.

NounArchaic

Examples

古い衛生書には、不浄(糞)の処理方法が詳述されている。

Old sanitary manuals describe methods for disposing of feces (referred to as 'fujō').

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