ヤマナラシ

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Meanings

noun

Japanese aspen

usually written using kana alone

A deciduous tree native to Japan, Populus tremula var. sieboldii. The name literally means 'mountain rumbling', from the sound of its leaves rustling in the wind.

ヤマナラシの葉はが風かぜにそよいで、さらさらと音おとを立たてている。
The leaves of the Japanese aspen are rustling in the wind.