noun

  1. discarding, throwing away, getting rid of.
  2. dismissal (of an employee), firing, sacking.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
お払い箱 おはらいばこ
 
御払い箱 おはらいばこ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pay, clear out, prune
はら.う フツ はらい (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
box, chest, case
はこ ソウ (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
inter-, mutual, together
あい- ソウ ショウ (3rd, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)