杜

Meaning

杜 centers on a cluster of trees: a woods or grove. The idea is a small, dense area of trees rather than a vast forest.

• 杜撰ずさん
  N1

  careless; sloppy; faulty

• 杜氏とうじ

  chief brewer at a sake brewery

• 杜松ねず

  temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper

• 杜若かきつばた

  rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

• いずれ菖蒲か杜若いずれあやめかかきつばた

  (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between

• ケード杜松ケードねず

  prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar; cade juniper; cade; sharp ceda

• 山杜鵑やまほととぎす

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains)

• 岩垂杜松いわだれねず

  dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)

• 杜の都もりのみやこ

  Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)

• 杜仲とちゅう

  hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)

• 杜仲茶とちゅうちゃ

  Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)

• 杜宇とう

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

• 杜撰脱漏ずさんだつろう

  careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

• 杜漏ずろう

  careless; negligent

• 杜父魚かくぶつ

  fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)

• 杜鵑とけん

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

• 杜鵑花とけんか

  satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

• 杜鵑草ほととぎす

  toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

• 西洋杜松せいようねず

  common juniper (Juniperus communis)

• 這杜松はいねず

  shore juniper (Juniperus conferta)

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