柳

Meaning

柳 centers on the willow tree, known for its slender, drooping branches and graceful appearance.

• 柳やなぎ

  willow (any tree of genus Salix)

• 川柳せんりゅう

  senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

• 青柳あおやぎ

  green willow (i.e. one that has budded)

• 花柳かりゅう

  red-light district

• 柳葉やないば

  willow-leaf arrowhead

• 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょう

  kitchen knife for sashimi

• 花柳界かりゅうかい

  red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde

• しだれ柳しだれやなぎ

  weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

• バッコ柳ばっこやなぎ

  goat willow (Salix caprea); pussy willow

• 化粧柳けしょうやなぎ

  chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)

• 大葉柳おおばやなぎ

  Salix urbaniana (species of willow)

• 川柳かわやぎ

  riverside willow

• 川柳かわやなぎ

  riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)

• 常磐御柳ときわぎょりゅう

  beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)

• 庭柳にわやなぎ

  knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

• 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)

• 柳りゅう

  Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

• 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

• 柳に風やなぎにかぜ

  handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride

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