ジョウ, セイ, きよ.める, きよ.い

clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty

JLPT1 G7 S9 F1383

water + here an abbreviated form# of 靜 calm/peaceful → calm, *pure* waters → *purify* → (Buddhist) *Pure Land*.

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