Keyword
willow tree
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1525
Readings
やぎ
(7%)
Composed of
tree
sign of the hare
Used in vocabulary (85 in total)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)
slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree
red-light district
rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
delicate health; fragile health
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
sexually transmitted disease; social disease
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
kitchen knife for sashimi
Liutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
red-light district
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
beautiful scenery of spring; red-light district
without making waves; softly; (lit.) (like) a willow in the wind
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
kitchen knife for sashimi
Yanaizu Station (Gifu)
Tamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
weeping willow
Liutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)
shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; (lit.) willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
goat willow (Salix caprea); pussy willow
Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)
Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; (lit.) willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
rosebay (Epilobium angustifolium); rosebay willowherb; great willowherb; fireweed
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
goat willow (Salix caprea); pussy willow
Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
beautiful scenery of spring
red-light district; pleasure quarter
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
low geta made of willow
riverside willow
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr); Haifu Yanagidaru
Yanagihara Station (Ehime)
Koyanagi Station (Aomori)
beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Salix kinuyanagi (species of willow)
chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Salix urbaniana (species of willow)
white poplar (Populus alba); abele
manuka (Leptospermum scoparium); New Zealand tea tree
Examples (5 in total)
Can you see the willow painted on the wall ahead?
Willow leaves are long and narrow.
The long branches of the weeping willow are swaying in the wind.