梵ぼん天てん

noun

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

Refers to the Hindu deity Brahma; also used in Buddhist contexts as a high-ranking heavenly being.

• 梵ぼん天てんはヒンドゥー教きょうの創そう造ぞう神しんです。

  Brahma is the creator god in Hinduism.

noun

large staff with plaited paper streamers

Used at Shinto festivals or as a sign; often seen at construction sites or ceremonies. The cross-reference to 御幣 (gohei) indicates a similar ritual object.

See also: 御幣

• 祭まつりで梵ぼん天てんを持もって練ねり歩あるく。

  They parade carrying the large staff with paper streamers at the festival.

noun

buoy (fishing)

Technical term in longline and gillnet fishing; a float or buoy used to mark gear.

• 漁りょう師しは梵ぼん天てんを目め印じるしに網あみを引ひき上あげる。

  The fisherman uses the buoy as a marker to haul in the net.

noun

down puff (ear pick)

The small fluffy ball on the end of an ear pick (耳かき).

• 耳みみかきの梵ぼん天てんが取とれてしまった。

  The down puff on the ear pick came off.