絵馬

えま · also えうま

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

Meaning

n
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

Example sentences

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.