白びゃく蓮れん

noun

white lotus

Refers to the actual white lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), often in botanical, artistic, or religious contexts.

• 池いけに白びゃく蓮れんが美うつくしく咲さいていた。

  White lotuses were blooming beautifully in the pond.

noun

purity; pure heart

Symbolic use, likening a person's character or a state of being to the untainted white lotus. Often found in literary or poetic expressions.

• 彼かの女じょの心こころは白びゃく蓮れんのように清きよらかだ。

  Her heart is as pure as a white lotus.