zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
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垂紙垂椣紙四手
しでかみしで
Noun
1.
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
2.
hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
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注連縄には白い紙の四手が飾られている。
White paper shide are decorating the shimenawa (sacred rope).
祓串に付けられた四手は、穢れを祓う神聖な意味を持つ。
The shide attached to the haraegushi (purification wand) have a sacred meaning of warding off impurities.
正月の飾り付けとして、四手は日本の伝統文化に深く根付いている。
As a New Year's decoration, shide are deeply rooted in traditional Japanese culture.
四手の木は、秋になると美しい紅葉を見せる。
Hornbeam trees display beautiful autumn foliage in the fall.
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