橘

Meaning

橘 centers on a specific type of citrus fruit: the mandarin orange. It is not a general fruit character but refers narrowly to this fruit and the tree that bears it.

• 橘たちばな

  tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

• 柑橘かんきつ

  citrus; citrus fruit

• 柑橘類かんきつるい

  citrus; citrus fruit

• 酸橘すだち

  sudachi (species of Japanese citrus, Citrus sudachi)

• 枸橘からたち

  trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata); hardy orange

• 京都橘大学きょうとたちばなだいがく

  Kyoto Tachibana University

• 京都橘女子大学きょうとたちばなじょしだいがく

  Kyoto Tachibana Women's University

• 右近の橘うこんのたちばな

  tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

• 四季橘しききつ

  Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa)

• 御前橘ごぜんたちばな

  Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis); bunchberry dogwood; crackerberry

• 月橘げっきつ

  orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata); orange jessamine

• 橘女子大学たちばなじょしだいがく

  Tachibana Women's University

• 橘月たちばなづき

  fifth lunar month

• 橘神道たちばなしんとう

  Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)

• 橘飩きっとん

  mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

• 橘鳥たちばなどり

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

• 源平藤橘げんぺいとうきつ

  the Genji, Heike, Fujiwara and Tachibana clans

• 臭橘しゅうきつ

  trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange

• 花橘はなたちばな

  blooming tachibana; tachibana flower

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