noun

  1. traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
生り木責め なりきぜめ
 
 
成り木責め なりきぜめ
なり
 
成木責め なりきぜめ
なり
ぜめ
成木責 なりきぜめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
blame, condemn, censure
セキ せ.める (5th, N3)
life (生) variant
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)