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ウケイ: ukei, a pledge-divination: an outcome is declared in advance and the will of the gods is judged by whether it comes true (in the Kojiki pledge, by the gods who are born)
ウケイ ukei
ukei, a pledge-divination: an outcome is declared in advance and the will of the gods is judged by whether it comes true (in the Kojiki pledge, by the gods who are born)
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Example sentences
スサノオは、「私の心はきれいです。ウケイをして、それを見せましょう」と言いました。
Susanoo said, “My heart is clean. Let us make a pledge (ukei) and I will show it to you.”
From the lesson 誓約とスサノオのあばれ
ウケイとは、先に結果を決めておいて、そのとおりになるかどうかで、神の心などを知る方法で、この話では、神々を生んで決めます。
An ukei is a way of deciding an outcome in advance and learning the will of the gods, or the like, by whether it comes true; in this story, they decide by giving birth to gods.
From the lesson 誓約とスサノオのあばれ