Meanings
Noun
1. tree; shrub; bush
2. wood; timber
Kanji used
tree
Pitch accent
Top 900
Used in vocabulary (218 in total)
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
plants; vegetation
foliage; leaves of trees
unbarked lumber
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
roadside tree; row of trees
lumberyard
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
wooden tag
tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree); evergreen tree
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
tree climbing
garden tree
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
dogwood (Cornus controversa)
original stock
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
wood grain; unpainted wood
bark (of tree)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
crosspiece; bar; rail
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
cheap lodging house
bark (of a tree)
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
standing tree; standing timber
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
wooden spatula
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
to fell a tree
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
dryad; tree spirit
rubber tree
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
yoke; constraints; oppression
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
tree climbing
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
smell of new wood
wooden pillow
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); breadfruit tree
to be blunt; to be curt
cherry tree
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
cherry tree
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
wooden peg
to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture
grafting
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
potted tree
kanji "tree" radical at left (radical 75)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to be blunt; to be curt
baseboard; skirting board
wooden stick; wooden pole
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera); mukutree
wooden spatula
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
trees and grass; vegetation
bark (of a tree)
split firewood
ancon; bracket; corbel piece
flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; (lit.) even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
fragment of wood
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
wooden Buddha
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
Pandanus boninensis (species of screw pine)
Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
split firewood
Schoepfia jasminodora (tree of family Schoepfiaceae)
kinoko; mountain-dwelling demon resembling a child
kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
cutting; planting (a cutting)
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar
Schoepfia jasminodora (tree of family Schoepfiaceae)
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
baseboard; skirting board
flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; (lit.) even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
understory trees; underbrush; undergrowth
wood sledge
stone tree
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
wood lath
white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
layering (a plant)
to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)
roadside tree; row of trees
rubber tree
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
ancon; bracket; corbel piece
Pandanus boninensis (species of screw pine)
flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; (lit.) even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
wooden stick; wooden pole
early spiketail (species of flowering plant, Stachyurus praecox)
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
layering (a plant)
India rubber tree (Ficus elastica)
pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
wood inlay
buttonwood tree (Platanus occidentalis); American sycamore; buttonball tree
plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)
forked viburnum (Viburnum furcatum); scarlet leaved viburnum
wooden blocks used as clappers (kabuki)
coca tree
balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale); acajou
red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba); Indian silk-cotton tree
kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)
game tree (in combinatorial game theory)
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea)
Kibe sect (of Shin Buddhism)
hollow in a tree
angle (corner) block; angle rafter
crotch of a tree
wooden blocks used as clappers (kabuki)
Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
devil's walking stick (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree
Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar
devil's walking stick (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree
Futabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum); northern bilberry
traveller's tree (Ravenala madagascariensis); traveller's palm
castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus); prickly castor oil tree
Nikko maple (Acer maximowiczianum)
Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)
shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak)
black marlin (Makaira indica)
Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
gray bottlebrush (Callistemon speciosus); grey bottlebrush
handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata); dove tree
horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera)
hornbeam maple (Acer carpinifolium)
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
Alangium platanifolium var. trilobum
Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)
Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
Miki Station (Miki Railway)
Examples (183 in total)
I ran into a tree.
Wood floats.
He fell from the tree.