Kanji楊
Readingよう
Frequency50%
Used in (18 in total)
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
toothbrush made from a piece of willow frayed at one end
leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
weeping willow
Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period
Hu poplar; Populus euphratica
pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)
archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)
toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)