Keyword
cattail (a type of plant)
Info
FrequencyTop 2500-2600
Type
Jinmeiyō 
?
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig1981
Readings
(28%)
(19%)
かば
(14%)
かま
(12%)
がま
(11%)
(1%)
Composed of
blades of grass
bay
Used in vocabulary (63 in total)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
down (feather) quilt
delicate health; fragile health
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
straw futon; straw mattress; palliasse
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
down (feather) quilt
bathwater with iris petals
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
rose apple (Syzygium jambos); Malabar plum; jambos
burying a person under a futon
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
reddish yellow
quilting; ticking
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
Nishikan-ku (Niigata)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
feigning innocence, ignorance or naivety; someone (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive
creeping; crawling; sneaking
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
aromatic cane; orris
Nishikan-ku (Niigata)
ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry; any cherry tree with birch-like bark; (arch.) Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
bulrush mat
deep-fried kamaboko
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
Typha orientalis
female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
Taraxacum albidum (species of white dandelion)
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
Arctic iris (Iris setosa)
gladiolus; Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica)
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
Examples (1 in total)
The garden is famous for its irises.