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shimenawa

shimenawa noun: a length of straw that lines the ring (used as ritual purification in shinto).

Noun

shimenawa

  1. A length of straw that lines the ring (used as ritual purification in shinto)

Origin of shimenawa

From Japanese 注連縄.

Questions about shimenawa

What does shimenawa mean?
Shimenawa means a length of straw that lines the ring (used as ritual purification in shinto).
What part of speech is shimenawa?
Shimenawa is a noun.

Words near shimenawa in the dictionary

  1. shimejis
  2. Shimek
  3. shimekomi
  4. Shimeks
  5. Shimen
  6. shimenawa
  7. Shimer
  8. Shimerian
  9. Shimerians
  10. shimewaza
  11. shimiyana

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