まつ
Meanings
Noun
1. small pine; young pine
Kanji used
small
pine tree
Pitch accent
まつ
まつ
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Composed of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)