スイカズラ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

Japanese honeysuckle

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the plant Lonicera japonica, a common climbing vine with fragrant white-to-yellow flowers.

庭にわにスイカズラが咲さいている。
Japanese honeysuckle is blooming in the garden.
スイカズラの甘あまい香かおりが漂ただよっている。
The sweet scent of Japanese honeysuckle is drifting through the air.

Written forms

スイカズラUsage69%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
すいかずらUsage17%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Hiragana spelling; also common and matches the usual-kana preference.
忍冬すいかずらUsage14%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Kanji form; rarely used in practice. The reading is a jukujikun.
荵冬すいかずら
rarely-used kanji formgikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

忍endure, bear, put up with
冬winter
荵hare's foot fern

Etymology

The name スイカズラ (suikazura) is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 忍冬 literally means 'enduring winter', referring to the plant's evergreen nature, but the reading is a jukujikun (special kanji reading) not derived from the individual kanji sounds.