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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 生り木責め
 成り木責め
 成木責め
 成木責
 irregular okurigana usage
 なりきぜめ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 see: 小正月
 see: 祝い棒
 traditional koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down in case it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree