Liar payoff - Liar payoff

Japanese: 噓つき払い - うそつきばらい
Liar payoff - Liar payoff

...In the Kansai region, the Ikko on October 20th is called Seimon-harai, and stores hold big sales and entertain customers to atone for the lies they have told in business over the past year. Also, December 8th is called Usotsuki-harai, Usoharashi, Hachikamachi, and Muji-ko, and the custom of eating konnyaku (a type of jelly) or tofu to wash away the lies of the past year is common in western Japan. Lies correspond to things that do not exist in reality and can be said to give them shape, and they are thought to mediate between the old and new time periods at the turn of the year, bringing new time into this world....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "false payment" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…関西地方では10月20日の夷講を誓文(せいもん)払いといって,1年間に商売上でついたうその罪滅ぼしに商店では大売出しや得意先の接待を行う。また12月8日を噓つき払い,噓はらし,八日待,無実講といって,こんにゃくや豆腐を食べ1年間のうそを払う風習も西日本に多く見られる。うそは現実に存在しないものに対応し,それに形を与えるものといえ,年の替り目に当たって新旧二つの時間を媒介し,新しい時間をこの世にもたらすものと考えられる。…

※「噓つき払い」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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