えまえうま
Noun
1.
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
BuddhismShinto
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合格祈願の絵馬を奉納した。
I dedicated an ema for success in exams.
絵馬には、人々の様々な願いや感謝の気持ちが込められている。
Ema tablets contain people's various wishes and feelings of gratitude.
多くの観光客が、日本の伝統文化である絵馬に願い事を書いている。
Many tourists write their wishes on ema, which is a traditional Japanese culture.
絵馬は、もともと神様への奉納物として生きた馬を捧げる代わりに使われた。
Ema were originally used as a substitute for offering live horses as dedications to the gods.
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