Translation guide
A plant species used in East Asian cuisine and traditional medicine. In Japanese, it is known as ハマボウフウ (hamabōfū) and its edible parts are referred to by specific names.
Referring to the plant Glehnia littoralis in a botanical or general context.
Referring to the young shoot of Glehnia littoralis used as a wild vegetable.
Literally 'hamabōfū shoots', the part commonly eaten.
春になるとハマボウフウの芽を摘みに行きます。
In spring, we go to pick hamabōfū shoots.
Referring to the dried root of Glehnia littoralis used in traditional Chinese/Japanese medicine.
The dried root used in Kampo medicine, pronounced 'hokushajin' or 'kitashajin'.
北沙参は咳止めに用いられる生薬です。
Hokushajin is a crude drug used for cough relief.
Standard Japanese name for Glehnia littoralis, a coastal plant.
ハマボウフウは海岸の砂地に生える多年草です。
Glehnia littoralis is a perennial plant that grows on sandy beaches.
In culinary contexts, often just called hamabōfū, implying the edible shoot.
ハマボウフウは天ぷらにすると美味しいです。
Hamabōfū is delicious when made into tempura.
Descriptive term for the root, used outside specialized contexts.
ハマボウフウの根を乾燥させて漢方薬にします。
The root of Glehnia littoralis is dried and used in Kampo medicine.