絵馬

えま

Also written えうま

Meanings

1. Noun votive tablet (i.e.: wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse)

Kanji

• 絵 picture. Read as エ.
• 馬 horse. Read as マ.

Common phrases

• 絵馬を奉納する

Words containing 絵馬

• 絵馬堂 (えまどう) shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
• 絵馬殿 (えまでん) shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung

Word lists

• Buddhism
• Shinto

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