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2770320 jmdict A [id=2170322] 生り木責め;成り木責め;成木責め;成木責[io] なりきぜめ [1][n] 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 [see=1743540・小正月[1]] [see=2770310・祝い棒[1]]