General term for climbing or creeping plants, including vines and lianas. Often used in botanical or descriptive contexts.
A vine is twining around the garden fence.
In the rainforest, large lianas wrap around the trees.
raised path leading to a shrine
skunkvine; stinkvine; Chinese fever vine
scarlet kadsura; Kadsura japonica · white head sash for female roles in kyogen
grapevine · switch of hair
Japanese pepper; Piper kadsura
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
Alternate kanji spelling; also read つる.
Kana spelling, useful when the kanji is ambiguous.
The origin is uncertain, but the word is native Japanese. The kanji 葛 is also used for くず (kudzu), but the reading かずら is distinct.