YOU SAID:

his uncle fell in to a pool of boiling water

INTO JAPANESE

「湯立て」とは大釜で湯を沸かし、その湯に笹葉をひたして自分や参詣人にふりかける儀式。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"Yudate" refers to a ritual in which orchid leaves are steeped in a large pot of boiling water and this water is sprinkled over the congregation.

INTO JAPANESE

「湯立て」とは大釜で湯を沸かし、その湯に笹葉をひたして自分や参詣人にふりかける儀式。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

"Yudate" refers to a ritual in which orchid leaves are steeped in a large pot of boiling water and this water is sprinkled over the congregation.