Moto 柳: WillowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リュウ
- Kun'yomi
- やなぎ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 65 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リュウ)
- 川柳せんりゅうsenryū; comic haiku
- 花柳かりゅうred-light district
- 花柳界かりゅうかいred-light district; pleasure quarters
- 柳びりゅうびbeautiful eyebrows
- 柳巷花街りゅうこうかがいred-light district; pleasure quarter
- 柳暗花明りゅうあんかめいbeautiful scenery of spring
- 柳条りゅうじょうwillow twig
- 柳江人りゅうこうじんLiujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
- 柳眉りゅうびbeautiful eyebrows
- 柳緑花紅りゅうりょくかこうred blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring
- 桃紅柳緑とうこうりゅうりょくbeautiful scenery of spring
- 花柳病かりゅうびょうsexually transmitted disease; social disease
- 花紅柳緑かこうりゅうりょくred blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring
- 蒲柳ほりゅうpurple willow
- 蒲柳の質ほりゅうのしつdelicate health; fragile health
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)
- 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょうkitchen knife for sashimi
- 化粧柳けしょうやなぎchosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia) (species of willow, also Salix arbutifolia)
- 大葉柳おおばやなぎSalix urbaniana (species of willow)
- 庭柳にわやなぎknotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
- 枝垂れ柳しだれやなぎweeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳に雪折れなしやなぎにゆきおれなしthe soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
- 柳に雪折れ無しやなぎにゆきおれなしthe soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
- 柳に風やなぎにかぜhandling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
- 柳は緑花は紅やなぎはみどりはなはくれないnatural state; being unspoilt by human touch
- 柳下駄やなぎげたlow geta made of willow
- 柳刃やなぎばkitchen knife for sashimi
- 柳樽やなぎだるlacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
- 柳腰やなぎごしslim waist
- 柳蓼やなぎたでwater pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
- 柳行李やなぎごうりwicker trunk
- 熊柳くまやなぎBerchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
- 猫柳ねこやなぎrosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)
- 箱柳はこやなぎJapanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
- 糸柳いとやなぎweeping willow
- 絹柳きぬやなぎSalix kinuyanagi (species of willow)
- 美容柳びようやなぎChinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Other readings
- 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- 垂れ柳しだれやなぎweeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 宇柳具ウルグアイUruguay
- 宇柳貝ウルグアイUruguay
- 常磐御柳ときわぎょりゅうbeefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
- 振袖柳ふりそでやなぎSalix leucopithecia (species of willow)
- 未央柳びようやなぎChinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
- 枝垂柳しだれやなぎweeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいないやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ないやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳は緑、花は紅やなぎはみどりはなはくれないnatural state; being unspoilt by human touch
- 柳宿ぬりこぼしChinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 柳川鍋やながわなべloach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
- 柳科ヤナギかSalicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.)
- 柳葉やないばwillow-leaf arrowhead
- 柳葉魚ししゃもshishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
- 楊柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)
- 樺太柳葉魚からふとししゃもcapelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)
- 檉柳ぎょりゅうTamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk
- 泥柳どろのきJapanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
- 行李柳こりやなぎSalix koriyanagi (species of willow)
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