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ぶなの木 (ぶなのき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ぶなの木き

Meanings

1

noun

Japanese beech; Siebold's beech

Refers specifically to the tree species Fagus crenata, native to Japan. The term is a compound of ぶな (beech) + の (possessive) + 木 (tree).

See also: 椈

この森もりにはぶなの木きがたくさん生はえている。
Many Japanese beech trees grow in this forest.
ぶなの木きの実みは動どう物ぶつの餌えさになる。
The nuts of the Japanese beech tree become food for animals.

Written forms

ぶなの木き
Standard spelling using the common kanji 木 for 'tree'.
椈ぶなの木き
Uses the specific kanji 椈 for beech, but this kanji is not commonly used.
橅ぶなの木き
out-dated kanji form
Uses the outdated kanji 橅 for beech; it is containing out-dated kanji usage.

Kanji

木tree, wood
椈

oak

橅beech tree

Similar words

ぶな
ぶな alone can refer to the beech tree or its wood, but ぶなの木 explicitly specifies the tree.
ブナ
Katakana form often used in botanical contexts; ぶなの木 is the more everyday term for the tree.

Etymology

Compound of ぶな (beech) + の (possessive particle) + 木 (tree). The origin of ぶな is uncertain, but it is a native Japanese word.