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菖蒲
あやめ
Meanings
Noun
1. iris (flower)
2. Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)
3. sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
Alt. forms
あやめ
67%
アヤメ
29%
菖蒲
あやめ
2%
Kanji used
菖
iris (flower)
蒲
cattail (a type of plant)
Pitch accent
あ
やめ
Used in: 46
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
花
はな
菖蒲
あやめ
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
六
むい
日
か
の
菖蒲
あやめ
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)
いずれ
菖蒲
あやめ
か
杜若
かきつばた
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
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