蕨わらび手で

noun

furled bracken fronds

Refers to the young, curled shoots of bracken fern, often used as a visual motif or in culinary contexts.

• 春はるになると、山やまで蕨わらび手でを摘つむのが楽たのしみだ。

  In spring, I look forward to picking furled bracken fronds in the mountains.

noun

design motif resembling furled bracken fronds

A decorative pattern inspired by the curled shape of young bracken shoots; often seen in traditional crafts, architecture, or sword fittings. Related to 蕨手刀 (warabite-tō), a type of ancient Japanese sword with a pommel shaped like a bracken frond.

See also: 蕨手刀

• この古ふるい刀かたなの柄つかには蕨わらび手での模も様ようが彫ほられている。

  The hilt of this old sword is carved with a warabite pattern.