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トチバニンジン (とちばにんじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

トチバニンジン

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Meanings

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Japanese ginseng

usually written using kana alone

A perennial herb native to Japan, Panax japonicus, used in traditional medicine. The scientific name is the most precise identifier.

トチバニンジンは、日本にほんの山さん地ちに自じ生せいする薬やく用

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Japanese ginseng is a medicinal plant that grows wild in the mountains of Japan.

Kanji

栃horse chestnut, (kokuji)
葉leaf, plane, lobe
人person
参nonplussed, three (in documents), going

Related words

朝ちょう鮮せん人にん参じん
Refers to Panax ginseng (Korean/Chinese ginseng), a different species more commonly used in East Asian medicine.
人にん参じん
Usually means carrot (Daucus carota); can also refer to ginseng in compound names.

Written forms

トチバニンジン
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this plant name.
栃とち葉ば人にん参じん
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant name is usually written in katakana.

Etymology

The name トチバニンジン literally means 'horse-chestnut-leaf ginseng', from the resemblance of its leaves to those of the Japanese horse-chestnut (栃の木).