注連縄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
注 連 縄
しめ なわ
Grade: 4
Grade: 3 Grade: 4
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
注連繩 (kyūjitai)
標縄
七五三縄

Noun

注連(しめ)縄(なわ) • (shimenawa) 

  1. (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”)
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