威い部び

noun

most hallowed grounds of a sacred site in Okinawa

Refers to the innermost, most sacred area of an Okinawan utaki (御嶽) or similar sacred place. A culturally specific term; not used in everyday mainland Japanese.

See also: 御嶽 (うたき)

• 斎場せーふぁ御う嶽たきの威い部びは、一いっ般ぱんの人ひとは立たち入いれない。

  Ordinary people cannot enter the most hallowed grounds of Sefa-utaki.

• この島しまの威い部びは、昔むかしから神しん聖せいな場ば所しょとされてきた。

  The most hallowed grounds of this island have been considered a sacred place since ancient times.