夫婦めおと岩いわ

noun

Wedded Rocks; husband-and-wife rocks

A pair of rocks, one larger and one smaller, connected by a sacred rope, symbolizing a married couple. Often found at Shinto shrines; the most famous example is at Futami Okitama Shrine in Mie Prefecture.

• 伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうに行いく途と中ちゅうで、夫婦めおと岩いわを見けん学がくした。

  On the way to Ise Shrine, we visited the Wedded Rocks.

• 夫婦めおと岩いわは、大おおきな岩いわと小ちいさな岩いわがしめ縄なわで結むすばれている。

  The Wedded Rocks consist of a large rock and a small rock tied together with a sacred rope.