Word Meaning 絵馬
えま
ema
絵馬 is read as えま (ema) and means votive tablet.
Meaning
English
- votive tablet
- 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
Reading
Kana
えま
Romaji
ema
Writing Variants
- 絵馬 えうま euma
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
1私はせっかく社まで登ったのだから、絵馬を納めました。
Having climbed all the way to the shrine, I decided to dedicate a votive horse tablet.