pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
New Year's pine decoration
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
New Year's Week (festivities)
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
small pine; short pine tree
evergreen tree; conifer; pine and cypress; duty; constancy
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
New Year's pine decorations
Matsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
rice cooked with matsutake
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
rice cooked with matsutake
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
trailing ice plant (Lampranthus spectabilis)
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)
cicada abundant in late spring
matsutake mushroom gathering
pine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi
Pinales (order of plants)
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
tending pine trees (esp. in autumn)
insects harmful to pine trees
Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
men are the strong base to which women cling; (lit.) men are pine trees, women are wisteria vines
middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
pines with entwined branches
for gifts, it's the thought that counts
pine oil; pine-needle oil
furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
matsukazeyaki; meatloaf (usu. chicken) sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
spikenard (essential oil, perfume); nard
luchu pine (Pinus luchuensis); Okinawa pine
Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)
Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
Tricholoma bakamatsutake (mushroom); false matsutake
pine siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Tricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)
European pine marten (Martes martes)
Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)
Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
Matsugasaki Station (Kyoto)
Ippommatsu Station (Fukuoka)
Matsuzaki Station (Tottori)