願がん文もん

noun

written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

A formal written prayer or petition offered at a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple, often inscribed on a wooden tablet (ema) or paper.

• 神じん社じゃに願がん文もんを奉ほう納のうした。

  I dedicated a written prayer at the shrine.

• 願がん文もんを書かいて仏ぶつ前ぜんに供そなえた。

  I wrote a prayer and offered it before the Buddha.