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noun
Buddhist term, Shinto term.- 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.
 
Variations
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                            絵馬 | えま | |||||
                                
 
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                            絵馬 | えうま | 
Contained Kanji Breakdown
picture, drawing, painting
エ カイ (2nd, N3)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)