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Saikai adj.
relig. Abstinence, purification see Imi, Shojin, Mono-imi, Misogi, Harae, Bekka, etc. undertaken by a participant in a Shinto ritual. The two levels of abstinence are ara-imi "rough i.e. less comprehensive abstinence' and ma-imi 'true abstinence" A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)