杜

forest

Esp. 杜

shrine grove

Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

careless; sloppy; faulty

using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

chief brewer at a sake brewery

satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai City)

temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper

careless; negligent

hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)

Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)

fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)

careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

Formal or literary term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Rare term

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

large beam balance; weighbeam

grove of the village shrine

Word usually written using kana alone

sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)

Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger)

山杜鵑 only; Word usually written using kana alone

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains)

Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

common juniper (Juniperus communis)

Idiomatic expression

(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between