Strike - Uchimaki

Japanese: 打撒 - うちまき

〘 noun 〙① A method of offering. Scattering rice. In particular, onmyoji scatter rice to ward off evil spirits during exorcisms, purification rituals , illnesses, childbirth, the beginning of a bath, etc. Also, that rice. Scattered rice. ※ Utsubo (around 970-999) Fujiwara no Kimi "Even if you are exorcising, there should be rice in the uchimaki ." ② (By extension) Polished rice offered before the gods. ※Uji Shui (around 1221) 6 "I will certainly not take the goheigami (paper offerings) and rice in the uchimaki ." ③ A court lady's word for rice, especially rice that has been whitened by rubbing. ※Goyudono Kami Nikki - August 4, 1480 (Bunmei 12) "The uchimaki bag is presented to the second prince." ④ A straw rice bag.

Bun-ma-keru [to strike and smash]

("Bun" is a prefix) To scatter vigorously. To also expose everything. To open up. To spill out. To spin. *Tales of the Zohei (around 1683), Vol. 2 "He slipped down the slope and scattered his arrows."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 供物供進の一方法。米をまき散らすこと。特に、陰陽師が祓(はらい)、禊(みそぎ)、病気、出産、湯殿始めなどの時、悪神を払うために米をまき散らすこと。また、その米。散米。※宇津保（970‐999頃）藤原の君「祓すとも、うちまきに米(よね)いるべし」② (転じて) 神前に供える精米。※宇治拾遺（1221頃）六「御幣紙(ごへいがみ)、うちまきの米ほどの物、慥(たしか)にとらせん」③ 米、とくに、ついて白くしたものをいう女房詞。※御湯殿上日記‐文明一二年（1480）八月四日「御うちまきのふくろ二宮の御かたへまいる」④ 米俵。