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イワナンテン (いわなんてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

イワナンテン

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Meanings

1

keiskei fetterbush; doghobble

usually written using kana alone

A plant species (Leucothoe keiskei) native to Japan. The name is usually written in katakana as イワナンテン.

イワナンテンは山さん地ちの岩いわ場ばに生はえる常じょう緑りょく

低てい

木ぼく

です

。

Iwananten is an evergreen shrub that grows on rocky slopes in mountainous areas.

Kanji

岩boulder, rock, cliff
南south
天heavens, sky, imperial

Built from

岩いわ+南なん天てん

Written forms

イワナンテン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for plant names; usually written in kana.
岩いわ南なん天てん
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant is almost always written in kana.

Etymology

The name イワナンテン literally means 'rock nandina', from 岩 (iwa, 'rock') and 南天 (nanten, 'nandina'), referring to its resemblance to nandina and its rocky habitat.