柳

willow (any tree of genus Salix)

やなぎ／ヤナギ only

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

Astronomy

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

beautiful eyebrows

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

あおやぎ only

meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

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

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

shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)

red-light district

Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure

Orig. meaning

waist of a willow tree

wicker trunk

rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

Uruguay

やないば／やなぎば only

willow-leaf arrowhead

やないば／やなぎば only

part of a Japanese stirrup

やなぎば／りゅうよう only; Original, literal meaning

willow leaf

purple willow

infirmity; delicate constitution

sexually transmitted disease; social disease

lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

willow twig

Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing

riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)

川柳 only; Word usually written using kana alone

Salix gilgiana (species of willow)

川柳 only

high-quality coarse tea

Idiomatic expression

without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind

Food, cooking

loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root