Kanji
Readingぬさ
Frequency4%
Used in (6 in total)
staff with plaited paper streamers
(arch.) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); being in great demand
to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
(arch.) small purification wand; thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods
thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)