noun
bush clover; Japanese clover
Any flowering plant of the genus Lespedeza. Commonly associated with autumn in Japanese culture. Usually written in kana.
秋の野に萩が咲いている。
Bush clover is blooming in the autumn field.
はぎは秋の七草の一つです。
Bush clover is one of the seven autumn flowers.
noun
dark red outside, blue inside (autumn color combination)
Traditional color combination for layered garments (襲の色目), worn in autumn. The outer layer is dark red and the inner layer is blue.
See also: 襲の色目
襲の色目で「萩」は、表が濃い赤で裏が青の組み合わせです。
In layered garment color combinations, 'hagi' is a pairing of dark red on the outside and blue on the inside.
noun
Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
Only when written 萩
Place name: a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Written with the kanji 萩.
萩市は山口県の北部にあります。
Hagi City is in the northern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Rare ateji spelling for the plant; not commonly used.
The seven representative flowers of autumn, of which bush clover (萩) is one.
The plant name is native Japanese. The kanji 萩 is a phono-semantic compound: 艹 (plant) + 秋 (autumn), reflecting its association with autumn. The city name derives from the plant.