大豆

大豆 (canonical)
daizu (romanization)
daidu (romanization)
だいづ (hiragana historical)

大豆蛋白

大豆蛋白 だいずたんぱく


槐

槐 (canonical)
槐 (canonical)
enju (romanization)

Styphnolobium japonicum
Styphnolobium japonicum#Translingual


萩

萩 (canonical)
萩 (canonical)
hagi (romanization)

bush clover, general term for plants of genus Lespedeza. Culturally important as one of the seven flowers of autumn.


葛

葛 (canonical)
葛 (canonical)
kuzu (romanization)

→ English: kudzu

Pueraria montana
Pueraria montana#Translingual


蓍

(archaic) Short for 蓍萩 (medohagi, “Lespedeza juncea”).

(archaic) Short for 蓍 (medoki, “divination sticks”).


蓍

蓍 (canonical)
蓍 (canonical)
medoki (romanization)
medogi (romanization)

divination sticks, initially made of lespedeza stalks, used for hexagram divination


藤

ja-noun

藤(ふじ) or 藤(フジ) • (fuji) ^(←ふぢ (fudi) or フヂ (fudi)?)

藤 (canonical)
藤 (canonical)
fuji (romanization)
fudi (romanization)
ふぢ (hiragana historical)
フヂ (hiragana historical)

⟨pudi⟩ → */puⁿdi/ → /ɸud͡ʑi/ → /ɸuʑi/
From Old Japanese 藤 (pudi), from Proto-Japonic *punti.

Short for 藤色 (fujiiro): a light lavender color, akin to wisteria flowers


藤

藤 (canonical)
Fuji (romanization)
Fudi (romanization)
ふぢ (hiragana historical)


藤

ja-pos

藤(とう) • (tō)


藤

Possibly from 桂 (katsura, “katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum”).


クローバー

ja-noun

クローバー • (kurōbā)

[kɯ̟ɾo̞ːba̠ː]

Clover
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:シャジクソウ属

Borrowed from English clover.
First attested in Japanese in a text from 1907.


苜蓿

[mo̞kɯ̟ɕɨkɯ̟]


小豆

小豆(あずき) or 小豆(アズキ) • (azuki) ^(←あづき (aduki) or アヅキ (aduki)?)

小豆 (canonical)
小豆 (canonical)
azuki (romanization)
aduki (romanization)
あづき (hiragana historical)
アヅキ (hiragana historical)

→ English: adzuki, azuki

→ Indonesian: azuki

⟨aduki₁⟩ → /adukʲi/ → /ad͡ʑuki/ → /aʑuki/
From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown.
The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. The characters literally mean “small bean”.
Appears to be identical to Ainu antuki (“azuki bean”), which may be a borrowing. However, the direction of borrowing is uncertain.

Vigna angularis
Vigna angularis#Translingual


小豆

小豆 (canonical)
Azuki (romanization)
Aduki (romanization)
あづき (hiragana historical)


小豆

小豆 (canonical)
shōzu (romanization)
seudu (romanization)
せうづ (hiragana historical)


紫檀

紫檀 (canonical)
紫檀 (canonical)
shitan (romanization)

rosewood, general term for red-hued hardwoods in genus Dalbergia


苦参

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Sophora flavescens


芫花

芫花 (canonical)
genka (romanization)
genkwa (romanization)
げんくわ (hiragana historical)

Daphne genkwa
Daphne genkwa#Translingual

Synonym of 藤擬き (fuji-medoki, “lilac daphne, Daphne genkwa”)


香豌豆

香(かおり)豌(えん)豆(どう) or 香豌豆(カオリエンドウ) • (kaoriendō)

香豌豆 (canonical)
香豌豆 (canonical)
kaoriendō (romanization)


豌豆

麝香豌豆

麝香豌豆 じゃこうえんどう


スイートピー

スイートピー • (suītopī)


落花生

落(らっ)花(か)生(せい) or 落花生(ラッカセイ) • (rakkasei) ^(←らくくわせい (rakukwasei)?)

落花生 (canonical)
落花生 (canonical)
rakkasei (romanization)
rakukwasei (romanization)
らくくわせい (hiragana historical)


莢隠元

莢隠元 (canonical)
sayaingen (romanization)

[sa̠ja̠ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]


菜豆

菜(さい)豆(とう) or 菜豆(サイトウ) • (saitō)

菜豆 (canonical)
菜豆 (canonical)
saitō (romanization)

Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgaris#Translingual


紅木

紅木 (canonical)
紅木 (canonical)
kōki (romanization)


針槐

針槐 (canonical)
針槐 (canonical)
harienju (romanization)


麝香豌豆

麝(じゃ)香(こう)豌(えん)豆(どう) or 麝香豌豆(ジャコウエンドウ) • (jakōendō)

麝香豌豆 (canonical)
麝香豌豆 (canonical)
jakōendō (romanization)


麝香連理草

麝(じゃ)香(こう)連(れん)理(り)草(そう) or 麝香連理草(ジャコウレンリソウ) • (jakōrenrisō)

麝香連理草 (canonical)
麝香連理草 (canonical)
jakōrenrisō (romanization)

麝香(じゃこう) (jakō) + 連理(れんり) (renri) + 草(そう) (sō)


合歓

合歓 (canonical)
合歓 (canonical)
nemu (romanization)

合歓木

silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)


合歓

合歓 (canonical)
合歓 (canonical)
nebu (romanization)

From 眠(ねぶ)り (neburi, “sleep”), which is the old obsolete reading thereof, and in modern form, the bilabial plosive /b/ has become bilabial nasal /m/.


隠元

ja-noun

隠(いん)元(げん) or 隠元(インゲン) • (ingen) ^(←いんげん (ingen)?)

隠元 (canonical)
隠元 (canonical)
ingen (romanization)
いんげん (hiragana historical)

Short for 隠元豆 (ingen-mame, “common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)”).


藻玉

藻玉 (canonical)
藻玉 (canonical)
modama (romanization)

Compound of 藻 (mo, “alga”) + 玉 (tama, “ball”), from the way that the seeds often wash ashore. The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


梯姑

梯姑 (canonical)
梯姑 (canonical)
deigo (romanization)

でいごの花が咲き 風を呼び嵐が来た

1992, Kazufumi Miyazawa (lyrics and music), “Shima Uta [Island Song]”, performed by The Boom, published 1993

The coral flowers bloom, the winds call, [and] the storm has come.

deigo no hana ga saki kaze o yobi arashi ga kita


贋アカシア

贋アカシア (canonical)
贋アカシア (canonical)
nise-akashia (romanization)

贋(にせ) (nise, “fake”) + アカシア (akashia, “acacia”)

ja-compound

Robinia pseudoacacia
Robinia pseudoacacia#Translingual


波布草

ja-noun

波(は)布(ぶ)草(そう) or 波布草(ハブソウ) • (habusō) ^(←はぶさう (fabusau)?)

波布草 (canonical)
波布草 (canonical)
habusō (romanization)
fabusau (romanization)
はぶさう (hiragana historical)

Compound of 波布 (habu, “Okinawan habu”) + 草 (sō, “grass”).


南京豆

ja-noun

南(なん)京(きん)豆(まめ) or 南京豆(ナンキンまめ) or 南京豆(ナンキンマメ) • (Nankinmame)

南京豆 (canonical)
南京豆 (canonical)
南京豆 (canonical)
Nankinmame (romanization)

[nã̠ŋʲkʲĩmːa̠me̞]

南京 (Nankin, “Nanjing”) + 豆 (mame, “bean”)


ピーナツ

ピーナッツ ピーナッツ#Japanese

Alternative form of ピーナッツ (pīnattsu, “peanut”)


ライ豆

ライ豆 (canonical)
ライ豆 (canonical)
raimame (romanization)


葵豆

ja-noun

葵(あおい)豆(まめ) or 葵豆(アオイマメ) • (aoimame) ^(←あふひまめ (afufimame)?)

葵豆 (canonical)
葵豆 (canonical)
aoimame (romanization)
afufimame (romanization)
あふひまめ (hiragana historical)


リマ豆

リマ豆 (canonical)
リマ豆 (canonical)
rima mame (romanization)


甘木

(historical) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)


鳳凰木

鳳(ほう)凰(おう)木(ぼく) or 鳳凰木(ホウオウボク) • (hōōboku)

鳳凰木 (canonical)
鳳凰木 (canonical)
hōōboku (romanization)

Literally, “phoenix tree”, 鳳凰(ほうおう) (hōō, “phoenix, fenghuang”) + 木(ぼく) (boku, “tree”)

ja-compound

Delonix regia
Delonix regia#Translingual


紫詰草

ja-noun

紫(むらさき)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 紫詰草(ムラサキツメクサ) • (murasakitsumekusa)

紫詰草 (canonical)
紫詰草 (canonical)
murasakitsumekusa (romanization)

紫(むらさき) (murasaki, “purple”) + 詰草(つまくさ) (tsumakusa, “clover”)

ja-compound

Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense#Translingual


赤詰草

ja-noun

赤(あか)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 赤詰草(アカツメクサ) • (akatsumekusa)

赤詰草 (canonical)
赤詰草 (canonical)
akatsumekusa (romanization)

赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 詰草(つめくさ) (tsumekusa, “clover”)


詰草

詰草 (canonical)
詰草 (canonical)
tsumekusa (romanization)

Compound of 詰め (tsume, “packing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 詰める (tsumeru, “to pack something”)) + 草 (kusa, “plant, herb”).
The name of the plant arose from the practice of Dutch merchants shipping goods to Japan of using dried clover as a packing material to protect glassware and other fragile merchandise.
First cited to a botanical reference work from 1884. The plant was introduced to Japan, accounting for the late appearance of the term.
Not to be confused with homophonous 爪草 (tsumekusa, “Sagina japonica, Japanese pearlwort”).

compound

clover: short for 白詰草 (shiro tsumekusa, “white clover”), or short for 赤詰草 (aka tsumekusa, “red clover (Trifolium pratense)”)


白詰草

ja-noun

白(しろ)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 白詰草(シロツメクサ) • (shiro tsumekusa)

白詰草 (canonical)
白詰草 (canonical)
shiro tsumekusa (romanization)

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 詰草 (tsumekusa, “clover”).
First cited to a botanical reference work from 1884. The plant was introduced to Japan, accounting for the late appearance of the term.

compound

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Trifolium repens
ja:シロツメクサ


グリーンピース

ja-pos

グリーンピース • (Gurīnpīsu)

wp

グリーンピース (NGO)

1997, Nihon Kankyō Kaigi, Ajia kankyō hakusho 1997/98 [1997/98 Asia environmental white paper], page 67:

There are currently no organizations with scope similar to IUCN, WWF, WRI, or Greenpeace among international NGOs based in Asian countries.

ＩＵＣＮ、ＷＷＦ、ＷＲＩ、またはグリーンピースのような組織と同様の意味において、現在、アジアの国々に基盤を置く国際的なＮＧＯはない。

Ai-Yū-Shī-Enu, Daburu-Daburu-Efu, Daburu-Aru-Ai, mata wa Gurīnpīsu no yō na soshiki to dōyō no imi ni oite, genzai, ajia no kuniguni ni kiban o oku kokusaiteki na enujīō wa nai.

2006 January 20, “Gurīnpīsu, kujira no shigai hakobi hantai [Greenpeace, protest staged with whale carcass]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 27:

On the 18th Greenpeace, an international environmental group that opposes Japan’s research whaling, displayed a dead 17-meter-long fin whale in front of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin and appealed to “stop senseless whaling”.

日本の調査捕鯨に反対する国際環境保護団体グリーンピースは18日、ベルリンの日本大使館前に体長17メートルの死んだナガスクジラを運び込み、「無意味な捕鯨を中止しろ」と訴えた。

Nihon no chōsa hogei ni hantai suru kokusai kankyō hogo dantai Gurīnpīsu wa jūhachinichi, Berurin no Nihon Taishikan mae ni taichō jūnana mētoru no shinda nagasu kujira o hakobikomi, “muimi na hogei o chūshi shiro” to uttaeta.

2020 August 26, “Mōrishasu: ōgata kamotsusen zashō-sen zenbu o umi-botsu shobun kōbu wa genchi kaitai e [Mauritius: Grounded large cargo ship, forward portion to be sunk, rear portion dismantled]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 24:

The environmental group Greenpeace commented in a statement on the 19th, “Toxic heavy metals can pollute the ocean and endanger biodiversity.”

環境保護団体グリーンピースは19日の声明で「重金属の有害物質が海を汚染し、生物多様性を危険にさらしかねない」と批判していた。

Kankyō hogo dantai Gurīnpīsu wa jūkyūnichi no seimei de “jūkinzoku no yūgai busshitsu ga umi o osen shi, seibutsu tayōsei o kiken ni sarashi kanenai” to hihan shite-ita.


決明

Synonym of 夷草 (ebisu-gusa, “sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia”)


蕗草

蕗 (ro, “giant butterbur”) + 草 (sō, “grass”)


隠元豆

ja-noun

隠(いん)元(げん)豆(まめ) or 隠元豆(インゲンマメ) • (ingenmame)

隠元豆 (canonical)
隠元豆 (canonical)
ingenmame (romanization)

[ĩŋɡẽ̞mːa̠me̞]

Named after Chinese Buddhist monk 隠元 (Ingen).


山藤

silky wisteria, mountain wisteria, Wisteria brachybotrys


四角豆

ja-noun

四(し)角(かく)豆(まめ) or 四角豆(シカクマメ) • (shikakumame)

四角豆 (canonical)
四角豆 (canonical)
shikakumame (romanization)

Literally, “square bean”, 四角(しかく) (shikaku) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)

ja-compound

winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus


庭藤

summer wisteria, Chinese indigo, Indigofera decora


車軸草

ja-noun

車(しゃ)軸(じく)草(そう) or 車軸草(シャジクソウ) • (shajikusō) ^(←しやぢくさう (syadikusau) or シヤヂクサウ (syadikusau)?)

車軸草 (canonical)
車軸草 (canonical)
shajikusō (romanization)
syadikusau (romanization)
しやぢくさう (hiragana historical)
シヤヂクサウ (hiragana historical)

[ɕa̠ʑikɯ̟̊so̞ː]

From 車軸 (shajiku, “axle”) + 草 (sō, “grass”).

Trifolium lupinaster
Wikispecies:Trifolium lupinaster

ja:シャジクソウ ja:シャジクソウ属


蝗豆

Compound of 蝗 (inago, “locust”) + 豆 (mame, “bean”), calque of English locust bean.


花梨

花梨 (canonical)
花梨 (canonical)
karin (romanization)

ja:カリン (バラ科)
ja:カリン (マメ科)

Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus indicus#Translingual

narra, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus indicus


蓮華

蓮華 (canonical)
蓮華 (canonical)
renge (romanization)

Nelumbo nucifera
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:蓮華

From Middle Chinese 蓮華 (MC len hwae).
First cited in Japanese to a text from 940.

a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design

short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed

蓮華座

レンゲですくう

蓮華, レンゲ: short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”)

Synonym of 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”)


インジゴ

[ĩɲ̟d͡ʑiɡo̞]


木藍

木藍 (canonical)
木藍 (canonical)
kiai (romanization)

plants from the genus Indigofera　used in dyeing, more specifically Synonym of インド藍 (indo-ai, “Indigofera suffruticosa”)


蘇芳

蘇(す)芳(おう) or 蘇芳(スオウ) • (suō) ^(←すはう (sufau)?)

蘇芳 (canonical)
蘇芳 (canonical)
suō (romanization)
sufau (romanization)
すはう (hiragana historical)

Biancaea sappan
Biancaea sappan#Translingual


紫雲英

紫雲英(げんげ) or 紫雲英(ゲンゲ) • (genge)

紫雲英 (canonical)
紫雲英 (canonical)
genge (romanization)


花蘇芳

花(はな)蘇(す)芳(おう) or 花蘇芳(ハナスオウ) • (hanasuō)

花蘇芳 (canonical)
花蘇芳 (canonical)
hanasuō (romanization)

Literally, “flowering sappanwood”, 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 蘇芳(すおう) (suō, “sappanwood”)


都草

都草 (canonical)
都草 (canonical)
miyakogusa (romanization)

Literally, “capital grass”, 都(みやこ) (miyako, “The Capital”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


狸豆

狸豆 (canonical)
狸豆 (canonical)
tanukimame (romanization)

Literally, “tanuki bean”, 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “racoon-dog”) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)


烏帽子花

烏帽子花 (canonical)
eboshibana (romanization)

Literally, “eboshi flower”, 烏帽子(えぼし) (eboshi, “eboshi, black lacquered hat”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Synonym of 都草 (miyakogusa, “Lotus japonicus”)


唐草

唐草文様

唐草文様 からくさもんよう

牡丹唐草

牡丹唐草 ぼたんからくさ

Synonym of 馬肥 (umagoyashi, “Medicago polymorpha”)


蛇結茨

ja-noun

蛇(じゃ)結(けつ)茨(いばら) or 蛇結茨(ジャケツイバラ) • (jaketsu-ibara)

蛇結茨 (canonical)
蛇結茨 (canonical)
jaketsu-ibara (romanization)


矢筈草

矢(や)筈(はず)草(そう) or 矢筈草(ヤハズソウ) • (yahazusō)

矢筈草 (canonical)
矢筈草 (canonical)
yahazusō (romanization)

Literally, “arrow nock plant”, 矢筈(やはず) (yahazu, “arrow nock”) + 草(そう) (sō, “grass, plant”)

ja-compound

Japanese clover, Kummerowia striata, formerly Lespedeza striata


蓍萩

蓍萩 (canonical)
蓍萩 (canonical)
medohagi (romanization)

Literally, “divination bush clover”, 蓍(めど) (medo, “sticks used for divination”) + 萩(はぎ) (hagi, “bush clover”)

juncea lespedeza, Lespedeza juncea var. subsessilis


駒繋

ja-noun

駒(こま)繋(つなぎ) or 駒繋(コマツナギ) • (komatsunagi)

駒繋 (canonical)
駒繋 (canonical)
komatsunagi (romanization)

Indigofera pseudotinctoria, a species of indigo


南天萩

南(なん)天(てん)萩(はぎ) or 南天萩(ナンテンハギ) • (nantenhagi)

南天萩 (canonical)
南天萩 (canonical)
nantenhagi (romanization)

[nã̠ntẽ̞ɰ̃ha̠ɡʲi]

Literally, “nandina bush clover”, 南天(なんてん) (nanten, “nandina, sacred bamboo”) + 萩(はぎ) (hagi, “bush clover”)


藤豆

藤豆 (canonical)
藤豆 (canonical)
fujimame (romanization)

Literally, “wisteria bean”, 藤(ふじ) (fuji, “wisteria”) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)

Lablab purpureus
Lablab purpureus#Translingual

Synonym of 隠元豆 (ingen-mame, “common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris”)

隠元豆

Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens#Translingual

Synonym of 八升豆 (hasshō-mame, “velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens”)


袴葛

ja-noun

袴(はかま)葛(かずら) or 袴葛(ハカマカズラ) • (hakamakazura)

袴葛 (canonical)
袴葛 (canonical)
hakamakazura (romanization)

Literally, “hakama creeper”, 袴(はかま) (hakama, “hakama, traditional Japanese trousers”) + 葛(かずら) (kazura, “creeper, creeping plant”)

ja-compound

Bauhinia japonica, a species of orchid tree


鉈豆

鉈豆 (canonical)
鉈豆 (canonical)
natamame (romanization)

Literally, “blade bean”, 鉈(なた) (nata, “billhook, machete, sabre; a long single edged blade”) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)


針金雀児

ja-noun

針(はり)金雀児(えにしだ) or 針金雀児(ハリエニシダ) • (harienishida)

針金雀児 (canonical)
針金雀児 (canonical)
harienishida (romanization)

Literally, “needle broom”, 針(はり) (hari, “needle”) + 金雀児(えにしだ) (enishida, “common broom”)

ja-compound

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual


蝶豆

ja-noun

蝶(ちょう)豆(まめ) or 蝶豆(チョウマメ) • (chōmame)

蝶豆 (canonical)
蝶豆 (canonical)
chōmame (romanization)

Literally, “butterfly bean”, 蝶(ちょう) (chō, “butterfly”) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)


金雀児

金雀児 (canonical)
金雀児 (canonical)
enishida (romanization)


連玉

連玉 (canonical)
連玉 (canonical)
redama (romanization)

Spartium junceum
Spartium junceum#Translingual


夷草

夷草 (canonical)
夷草 (canonical)
ebisugusa (romanization)


鼬萩

鼬萩 (canonical)
鼬萩 (canonical)
itachihagi (romanization)

鼬(いたち) (itachi, “weasel”) + 萩(はぎ) (hagi, “bush clover”)