菖

Meaning

菖 centers on the iris plant, specifically the sweet flag or calamus variety, often associated with the Japanese Iris Festival.

• 菖蒲あやめ

  iris (flower)

• 菖蒲しょうぶ

  sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

• 花菖蒲はなしょうぶ

  Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata

• 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

• オランダ菖蒲オランダあやめ

  gladiolus

• ドイツ菖蒲ドイツあやめ

  German iris (Iris germanica)

• 伊勢花菖蒲いせはなしょうぶ

  Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris

• 六日の菖蒲むいかのあやめ

  something that comes too late to be useful; iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)

• 匂い菖蒲においしょうぶ

  fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris

• 庭石菖にわぜきしょう

  blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)

• 檜扇菖蒲ひおうぎあやめ

  Arctic iris (Iris setosa)

• 江戸花菖蒲えどはなしょうぶ

  Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris

• 狸菖蒲たぬきおやめ

  wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum); wooly waterlily

• 石菖せきしょう

  Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

• 肥後花菖蒲ひごはなしょうぶ

  Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris

• 菖蒲湯しょうぶゆ

  bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath

• 黄菖蒲きしょうぶ

  yellow iris

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