神しん木ぼく

noun

sacred tree; divine tree

A tree considered sacred in Shinto or folk belief, often found at shrines or as an object of worship.

• 神じん社じゃの境けい内だいには大おおきな神しん木ぼくが立たっている。

  A large sacred tree stands within the shrine grounds.

noun

bonfire support pillars

Only with reading しんぼく

Refers to the central support pillars used in traditional fire festivals (e.g., 左義長, どんど焼き). This sense is restricted to the reading しんぼく.

• 左さ義ぎ長ちょう祭まつりでは、神しん木ぼくと呼よばれる柱はしらを中ちゅう心しんに火ひを焚たく。

  At the Sagichō festival, a fire is lit around pillars called shinboku.