noun
Japanese name; vernacular Japanese name
Especially used for the native Japanese name of a plant or animal, as opposed to its scientific name or a foreign loanword.
この植物の和名は「紫陽花」です。
The Japanese name for this plant is 'ajisai' (hydrangea).
学名ではなく、和名で呼んでください。
Please call it by its Japanese name, not its scientific name.
Rarely used kanji form; 倭 is an old character for Japan.
Compound of 和 (wa, 'Japan, Japanese') + 名 (mei, 'name'). The reading わみょう is an older, historical reading.