たむけ

たむけ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たむけ – see the following entry at 手向け.

たむけ【手向け】 [noun]offering to a god, someone's spirit, etc. [noun]farewell gift [noun](obsolete) the place where travelers pray for safety; (especially) mountain pass; ridge [noun](obsolete) Short for 手向けの神 (tamuke no kami, “traveler's guardian deity”).

(This term, たむけ, is a hiragana spelling of 手向け.)