標縄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
標 縄
しめ
Grade: 4 		なわ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
標繩 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 標縄 – see the following entry.
【注連縄しめなわ】
[noun] (Shinto) lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used to mark the boundaries of purified areas, shrines, sacred rocks and trees. They are often festooned with 四手 (shide, “zizag paper streamer”)
Alternative spelling
七五三縄
(This term, 標縄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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