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タカサゴユリ (たかさごゆり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

タカサゴユリ

Meanings

1

noun

Formosan lily

usually written using kana alone

A species of lily native to Taiwan, naturalized in parts of Japan. Scientific name: Lilium formosanum.

道みち端ばたにタカサゴユリが咲さいていた。
Formosan lilies were blooming by the roadside.

Written forms

タカサゴユリ
kana-only spelling
Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 高砂百合 exists but is less common.
高砂百合たかさごゆり
Kanji spelling; less common than the katakana form.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
砂

sand

百hundred

合fit, suit, join

Etymology

Named after Takasago (an old name for Taiwan) and 百合 (yuri, 'lily').