鷽替

Reading

Kana: うそかえ

Romaji: usokae

Definition

noun

1

annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds

See also: 天満宮

Kanji

鷽

Readings: カク、 アク、 うそ

Meanings: long-tailed bird, dove, bullfinch

替

Readings: タイ、 か.える、 か.え-、 か.わる

Meanings: exchange, spare, substitute, per-