pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
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
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
New Year's pine decoration
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
New Year's Week (festivities)
pine tree growing on a rock
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers
sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
Rhizopogon rubescens (species of edible mushroom)
evergreen tree; conifer; pine and cypress; duty; constancy
(sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees; (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
pineal; pineal body; pineal gland
small pine; short pine tree
square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
New Year's pine decorations
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
Matsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together
temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
winter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter; person who does not waver from their own principles
rice cooked with matsutake
New Year's pine decorations
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees; (lit.) white sand, green pines
closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
the first bonito of the season
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
rice cooked with matsutake
trailing ice plant (Lampranthus spectabilis)
sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
soot of burnt pine; ink stick (made from burnt pine)
long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
Matsugasaki Station (Kyoto)
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
cicada abundant in late spring
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)
pine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)
Pinales (order of plants)
monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana); Japanese birch
pine tree growing on a rock
matsutake mushroom gathering
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
(music of) wind through pine trees
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
Salsola komarovii (species of saltwort)
rice cooked with matsutake
snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
common juniper (Juniperus communis)
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
insects harmful to pine trees
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
tending pine trees (esp. in autumn)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
pines with entwined branches
Shotokan (style of karate)
middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo
dark yellowish green (similar to olive green)
dark yellowish green (similar to olive green)
brown tinged with olive green
brown tinged with olive green
luchu pine (Pinus luchuensis); Okinawa pine
Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)
men are the strong base to which women cling; (lit.) men are pine trees, women are wisteria vines
matsukazeyaki; meatloaf (usu. chicken) sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
pine oil; pine-needle oil
for gifts, it's the thought that counts
for gifts, it's the thought that counts
spikenard (essential oil, perfume); nard
Ippommatsu Station (Fukuoka)
Matsuzaki Station (Tottori)
bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Tricholoma bakamatsutake (mushroom); false matsutake
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
pine siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
shore juniper (Juniperus conferta)
prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar; cade juniper; cade; sharp ceda
European pine marten (Martes martes)
Tricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)