朴

朴 (canonical)
hō (romanization)
fofo (romanization)
ほほ (hiragana historical)


朴

朴 (canonical)
朴 (canonical)
enoki (romanization)


桂

桂江: a river in the Chūgoku region of Japan

a branch from the legendary tree that grows on the moon

桂樹: common name for various trees in family Lauraceae

Synonym of 浜枇杷

a type of tree in the genus Litsea, related to the laurel

a type of mochi confection coated in cinnamon powder

common name for various other trees in family Lauraceae


葵

葵 (canonical)
aoi (romanization)
afufi (romanization)
あふひ (hiragana historical)

Likely related to Japanese 青い (aoi, “blue, green”).

アオイ: Synonym of 双葉葵 (futabaaoi, “Asarum caulescens”)

Asarum caulescens
Wikispecies:Asarum caulescens

(heraldry) A design of mon using the image of Asarum caulescens.

One of the colour schemes used in Japanese traditional garment, with the outer layer in light blue color and the inner layer in light purple color; it is used in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.


アボカド

From English avocado, from Spanish aguacate.


胡椒

ja-noun

胡(こ)椒(しょう) or 胡椒(コショウ) • (koshō) ^(←こせう (koseu) or コセウ (koseu)?)

胡椒 (canonical)
胡椒 (canonical)
koshō (romanization)
koseu (romanization)
こせう (hiragana historical)
コセウ (hiragana historical)


肉桂

肉(にっ)桂(けい) or 肉桂(ニッケイ) • (nikkei) ^(←にくけい (nikukei)?)

肉桂 (canonical)
肉桂 (canonical)
nikkei (romanization)
nikukei (romanization)
にくけい (hiragana historical)

cinnamon, a general term for trees of genus Cinnamomum


月桂樹

月(げっ)桂(けい)樹(じゅ) or 月桂樹(ゲッケイジュ) • (gekkeiju)

月桂樹 (canonical)
月桂樹 (canonical)
gekkeiju (romanization)

Compound of 月桂(げっけい) (gekkei, “moon laurel”) + 樹(じゅ) (ju, “tree”)

ja-compound

Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis#Translingual


蕺草

蕺草 (canonical)
蕺草 (canonical)
dokudami (romanization)

毒 (doku, “poison”) + 彩 (dami, “coloring”)


女郎花

ja-noun

女郎花(おみなえし) or 女郎花(オミナエシ) or 女郎花(おみなべし) or 女郎花(オミナベシ) • (ominaeshi or ominabeshi) ^(←をみなへし (wominafesi) or ヲミナヘシ (wominafesi) or をみなべし (wominabesi) or ヲミナベシ (wominabesi)?)

女郎花 (canonical)
女郎花 (canonical)
女郎花 (canonical)
女郎花 (canonical)
ominaeshi (romanization)
ominabeshi (romanization)
wominafesi (romanization)
wominabesi (romanization)
をみなへし (hiragana historical)
ヲミナヘシ (hiragana historical)
をみなべし (hiragana historical)
ヲミナベシ (hiragana historical)

⟨womi₁na pe₁si⟩ → */womʲinapʲesi/ → /wominafeɕi/ → /wominaweɕi/ → /ominaeɕi/
From Old Japanese.
Possibly a compound of Old Japanese elements 女 (⟨womi₁na⟩ → omina, “young woman”) + 圧し (⟨pe₁si⟩ → heshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of archaic verb 圧す (hesu), “to dent, force, push”).

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娘子部四咲澤二生流花勝見都毛不知戀裳摺可聞

ominaeshi Saki-sawa ni ouru hana katsumi katsute mo shiranu koi mo suru ka mo

(poetic) allusion to 佐紀 (Saki, a placename)


月桂

(Chinese mythology) the laurel tree that grows on the moon


臘梅

Lit. twelfth month plum, 臘(ろう) (rō, “twelfth month”) + 梅(ばい) (bai, “plum”)

ja-compound

Alternative spelling of 蝋梅 (rōbai, “wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox”)


鰐梨

鰐梨 (canonical)
鰐梨 (canonical)
waninashi (romanization)

[β̞a̠ɲ̟ina̠ɕi]

Compound of 鰐 (wani, “crocodile”) + 梨 (nashi, “pear”), calque of English alligator pear.

af

(dated) Synonym of アボカド (abokado, “avocado, alligator pear”)


馬兜鈴

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried fruit of Aristolochia debilis


細辛

薄葉細辛

薄葉細辛 ウスバサイシン

尾長細辛

尾長細辛 オナガサイシン

(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of Asarum sieboldii used in medicine


蒟醤

蒟醤 (canonical)
蒟醤 (canonical)
kinma (romanization)


カヴァ

Compare synonymous カワカワ (kawakawa) from Tongan kava.


辛夷

辛夷 (canonical)
辛夷 (canonical)
kobushi (romanization)

Originally a shortening of the older name, 拳椒 (kobushi hajikami, literally “fist pepper, fist ginger”), where the kobushi was in reference to the resemblance of an unopened bud to a child's fist, and the hajikami was probably in reference to the pungency of the seeds when bitten, or to the pungent odor of the plant when injured.
First referenced in a text from roughly 1165.

1977, “Kitaguni no Haru [Spring in the North]”, Haku Ide (lyrics), Minoru Endō (music), performed by Masao Sen:

White birches, the blue sky, [and] the southerly on that hill up North where the magnolias bloom, ah, spring in the North!

白樺 青空 南風 こぶし咲くあの丘北国の ああ北国の春

shirakaba aozora minamikaze kobushi saku ano oka kitaguni no ā kitaguni no haru


朴の木

ja-noun

朴(ほお)の木(き) or 朴(ホオ)の木(キ) • (hō no ki) ^(←ほほのき (fofonoki)?)

朴の木 (canonical)
朴の木 (canonical)
hō no ki (romanization)
fofonoki (romanization)
ほほのき (hiragana historical)

a Japanese bigleaf magnolia; a Japanese whitebark magnolia (Magnolia obovata)


招霊の木

招(おが)霊(たま)の木(き) or 招霊(オガタマ)の木(キ) • (ogatama no ki) ^(←をがたまのき (wogatamanoki)?)

招霊の木 (canonical)
招霊の木 (canonical)
ogatama no ki (romanization)
wogatamanoki (romanization)
をがたまのき (hiragana historical)

a Japanese magnolia; a Japanese michelia (Magnolia compressa)


招霊木

招(おが)霊(たまの)木(き) or 招霊木(オガタマノキ) • (ogatama no ki) ^(←をがたまのき (wogatamanoki)?)

招霊木 (canonical)
招霊木 (canonical)
ogatama no ki (romanization)
wogatamanoki (romanization)
をがたまのき (hiragana historical)


黄心樹

黄心樹(おがたまのき) or 黄心樹(オガタマノキ) • (ogatama no ki) ^(←をがたまのき (wogatamanoki)?)

黄心樹 (canonical)
黄心樹 (canonical)
ogatama no ki (romanization)
wogatamanoki (romanization)
をがたまのき (hiragana historical)


小賀玉の木

小(お)賀(が)玉(たま)の木(き) or 小賀玉(オガタマ)の木(キ) • (ogatama no ki) ^(←をがたまのき (wogatamanoki)?)

小賀玉の木 (canonical)
小賀玉の木 (canonical)
ogatama no ki (romanization)
wogatamanoki (romanization)
をがたまのき (hiragana historical)


小賀玉木

小(お)賀(が)玉(たまの)木(き) or 小賀玉木(オガタマノキ) • (ogatama no ki) ^(←をがたまのき (wogatamanoki)?)

小賀玉木 (canonical)
小賀玉木 (canonical)
ogatama no ki (romanization)
wogatamanoki (romanization)
をがたまのき (hiragana historical)


馬鈴

馬鈴 (canonical)
馬鈴 (canonical)
uma no suzu (romanization)

Synonym of 馬の鈴草 (uma no suzu kusa, “Aristolochia debilis”)


百日紅

百日紅 (canonical)
百日紅 (canonical)
sarusuberi (romanization)

[sa̠ɾɯ̟sɨbe̞ɾʲi]

Originally a compound of 猿 (saru, “monkey”) + 滑り (suberi, “sliding, slipping”), from the smooth and slippery texture of the bark.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 百日紅 /百日红 (bǎirìhóng).

obor

Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia indica#Translingual

Stewartia pseudocamellia
Stewartia pseudocamellia#Translingual

(rare) Synonym of 夏椿 (natsutsubaki): the Japanese stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia

夏椿

(rare) Synonym of 捩木 (nejiki) Lyonia ovalifolia


百日紅

ja-noun

百(ひゃく)日(じつ)紅(こう) or 百日紅(ヒャクジツコウ) • (hyakujitsukō)

百日紅 (canonical)
百日紅 (canonical)
hyakujitsukō (romanization)

[ça̠kɯ̟ʑit͡sɨko̞ː]

The on'yomi pronunciation of the compound borrowed from Chinese 百日紅 /百日红 (bǎirìhóng).


チェリモヤ

Borrowed from English cherimoya, ultimately from Quechua chirimuya.

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual

the cherimoya tree: a subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America


ポーポー

ポーポー • (pōpō)

Asimina triloba
Asimina triloba#Translingual


山蘭

山蘭 (canonical)
yamararagi (romanization)

Synonym of 辛夷 (kobushi, “Kobus magnolia, Magnolia kobus”)


木蓮

木蓮 (canonical)
木蓮 (canonical)
mokuren (romanization)


肉豆蔲

肉(にく)豆(ず)蔲(く) or 肉豆蔲(ニクズク) • (nikuzuku) ^(←にくづく (nikuduku)?)

肉豆蔲 (canonical)
肉豆蔲 (canonical)
nikuzuku (romanization)
nikuduku (romanization)
にくづく (hiragana historical)

[ɲ̟ikɯ̟zɨkɯ̟]


白木蓮

白(はく)木(もく)蓮(れん) or 白木蓮(ハクモクレン) • (hakumokuren) ^(←はくもくれん (fakumokuren)?)

白木蓮 (canonical)
白木蓮 (canonical)
hakumokuren (romanization)
fakumokuren (romanization)
はくもくれん (hiragana historical)

[ha̠kɯ̟mo̞kɯ̟ɾẽ̞ɴ]


青文字

青(あお)文(も)字(じ) or 青文字(アオモジ) • (aomoji) ^(←あをもじ (awomozi)?)

青文字 (canonical)
青文字 (canonical)
aomoji (romanization)
awomozi (romanization)
あをもじ (hiragana historical)


蝋梅

蝋(ろう)梅(ばい) or 蝋梅(ロウバイ) • (rōbai) ^(←らふばい (rafubai)?)

蝋梅 (canonical)
蝋梅 (canonical)
rōbai (romanization)
rafubai (romanization)
らふばい (hiragana historical)

Lit. wax plum, 蝋(ろう) (rō, “wax”) + 梅(ばい) (bai, “plum”)


馬の鈴草

馬(うま)の鈴(すず)草(くさ) or 馬(ウマ)の鈴草(スズクサ) • (umanosuzukusa)

馬の鈴草 (canonical)
馬の鈴草 (canonical)
umanosuzukusa (romanization)

Literally, “horse bell grass”, 馬(うま)の鈴(すず) (uma no suzu, “horse bell”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”)


双葉葵

ja-noun

双(ふた)葉(ば)葵(あおい) or 双葉葵(フタバアオイ) • (futabāoi)

双葉葵 (canonical)
双葉葵 (canonical)
futabāoi (romanization)

Literally, “sprout hollyhock”, 双葉(ふたば) (futaba, “bud, sprout”) + 葵(あおい) (aoi, “hollyhock, mallow”)


裏白

裏白 (canonical)
裏白 (canonical)
urajiro (romanization)

[ɯ̟ɾa̠ʑiɾo̞]

Literally, “back white”, 裏(うら) (ura, “back, reverse”) + 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”)

(architecture) Clipping of 裏白戸 (urajiro-to, “plaster coated sliding door used as a fire-proof door in 蔵 (kura, “traditional storehouses”)”).

裏白戸

Synonym of 河原柴胡 (kawara saiko, “Potentilla chinensis”)

Synonym of 裏白樺 (urajiro-kanba, “Betula corylifolia”)

Synonym of 山艾 (yama yomogi, “Artemisia montana”)


佐田草

佐田草 (canonical)
佐田草 (canonical)
sadasō (romanization)


寒葵

寒葵 (canonical)
寒葵 (canonical)
kan'aoi (romanization)

Asarum nipponicum, a species of wild ginger


乙女葵

ja-noun

乙(おと)女(め)葵(あおい) or 乙女葵(オトメアオイ) • (otome aoi)

乙女葵 (canonical)
乙女葵 (canonical)
otome aoi (romanization)

Literally, “maiden mallow”, 乙女(おとめ) (otome, “daughter, maiden”) + 葵(あおい) (aoi, “mallow, hollyhock”)

ja-compound

Asarum savatieri, a species of wild ginger


半夏生

ja-noun

半(はん)夏(げ)生(しょう) or 半夏生(ハンゲショウ) • (hangeshō)

半夏生 (canonical)
半夏生 (canonical)
hangeshō (romanization)

ja:ハンゲショウ ja:七十二候


鹿子の木

鹿(か)子(ご)の木(き) or 鹿子(カゴ)の木(キ) • (kagonoki)

鹿子の木 (canonical)
鹿子の木 (canonical)
kagonoki (romanization)

Literally, “fawn's tree”, 鹿子(かご) (kago, “fawn”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”)


烏薬

天台烏薬

天台烏薬 テンダイウヤク

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Lindera aggregata, used in medicine