注連繩

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 注連繩 – 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 spellings
標縄, 七五三縄
(This term, 注連繩, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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