Keyword
iris (flower)
Info
FrequencyTop 3000-3100
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2452
Readings
そう
(48%)
Composed of
blades of grass
good and prosperous
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath
Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
something that comes too late to be useful; (lit.) iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
Iridaceae (iris family)
blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)
fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris
fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
Arctic iris (Iris setosa)
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
gladiolus; Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica)
wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum); wooly waterlily
German iris (Iris germanica)
Examples (1 in total)
The garden is famous for its irises.