たむけ

Japanese

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

【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 the hiragana spelling of the above term.)