扇ぐ: 5 Terms and Phrases

• 扇ぐ
• to fan
• to incite
• to instigate

• 暑いときに、手元で扇子を開いて自ら風を送ることで涼しさを得ることを目的に扇ぐ。
• The purpose of a Sensu is to induce an airflow for cooling by waving it by hand on a hot day.

• 扇ぐためのものではなく、亭主と客の間、あるいは客同士の間の結界茶道における結界として挨拶のときに用いる。
• These sensu are not used as an actual fan, but they are used to represent a boundary between a host and a group of guests, or between guests when they exchange greetings with each other.

• 「おうぎ」は、語源は「あふぐ」（扇ぐ）の派生形の「あふぎ」であるが、日本語の変化により関聨がわかりにくくなった。
• The word 'Ogi' has its origin in 'afugi (あふぎ)' (something which creates wind) which had derived from 'afugu (あふぐ)', and it has been hard to ascertain the association between the words.

• 炭火をおこす場合に扇ぐ用途には向いていない、渋うちわか火吹き竹が妥当であろう、成田山等の寺社で護摩を焚く場合には、点火後、扇子を広げて火を扇ぐ所作が見られる。
• When making a fire using charcoal, a Shibu-uchiwa (fan coated with persimmon tannin) or a Hifuki-dake (bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire) will be perfect rather than a Sensu, but when making a holy fire at temples and shrines in Naritasan, it is observed for people to stimulate the fire by waving a unfolded Sensu back and forth.