昇のぼり龍りゅう

noun

rising dragon

Refers to the motif or image of a dragon ascending, often used in art, tattoos, architecture, or as a symbol of success and power. Compare 昇竜 (しょうりゅう), which is the more common Sino-Japanese reading for the same concept.

See also: 昇竜 (しょうりゅう)

• 彼かれの背せ中なかには昇のぼり龍りゅうの刺青いれずみが入はいっている。

  He has a tattoo of a rising dragon on his back.

• この寺てらの天てん井じょうには見み事ごとな昇のぼり龍りゅうが描えがかれている。

  A magnificent rising dragon is painted on the ceiling of this temple.

noun

white saddle mushroom; elfin saddle; common helvel

A type of mushroom (Helvella crispa), also known as elfin saddle or common helvel. In Japanese, it is usually written in katakana as ノボリリュウ. The name likely comes from the shape resembling a rising dragon.

• ノボリリュウは秋あきに林はやしの中なかで見みられるキノコです。

  The elfin saddle is a mushroom that can be found in forests in autumn.