柳
柳

willow

9 strokesFrequency 1,169JLPT N1Grade 8

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リュウ

Kun

やなぎ

Nanori

なぎややいやぎやなやない

Dictionary

Common Words

柳楊楊柳やなぎようりゅう (楊柳)ヤナギNounFreq #9728
1

willow (any tree of genus Salix)

Examples
柳の枝に雪折れなし。
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
2

やなぎ／ヤナギ only

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

柳りゅうNounFreq #34403
1

Astronomy

Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

柳眉柳びりゅうびNounFreq #38880
1

beautiful eyebrows

青柳あおやぎあおやなぎNounFreq #42605
1

green willow (i.e. one that has budded)

2

あおやぎ only

meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

川柳せんりゅうNounFreq #55757
1

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

柳に風やなぎにかぜExpressionFreq #76656
1

handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride

Examples
あいつにはまいったよ。どんなに厳しく怒っても、柳に風と受け流すだけだよ。
I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.
花柳界かりゅうかいNounFreq #77796
1

red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde

ししゃも柳葉魚シシャモNounUsually kanaFreq #84153
1

shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)

花柳かりゅうNounFreq #91900
1

red-light district

ゆきやなぎ雪柳ユキヤナギNounUsually kanaFreq #92463
1

Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

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