Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Shogi
knight
Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ケイマ
keima; knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between
flattery; flatterer
慶安 only
Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
cinnamon
Word usually written using kana alone
cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
Abbreviation
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
moon; moonlight
Orig. meaning
katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
A tree covered in poison ivy will betray you, giving us the name Japanese Judas-tree.
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