天てん気き輪りん

noun

weather wheel; spirit communication pillar

A pillar with a wheel, found near graveyards and temples, used for divination and communicating with the dead. This is a specialized cultural term.

• 古ふるいお寺てらの裏うらに天てん気き輪りんが立たっていた。

  A weather wheel stood behind the old temple.

• 天てん気き輪りんは、死し者しゃとの対たい話わや占うらないに使つかわれたと言いわれている。

  It is said that the weather wheel was used for communicating with the dead and for divination.

noun

sun pillar

An atmospheric optical phenomenon; a vertical column of light appearing above or below the sun. Also called 太陽柱.

See also: 太陽柱

• 冬ふゆの朝あさ、天てん気き輪りんが空そらに現あらわれた。

  On a winter morning, a sun pillar appeared in the sky.