柳

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr); Haifu Yanagidaru

red-light district; pleasure quarter

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

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

red-light district

Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

Uruguay

purple willow

infirmity; delicate constitution

sexually transmitted disease; social disease

delicate health; fragile health

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

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

Idiomatic expression

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

knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

weeping willow

Tamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk

red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu); Haifu Yanagidaru

Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)

Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)