桂

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

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

Abbreviation; Shogi

knight

laurel wreath

Company name

Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

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)

fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans); sweet olive

rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)

cinnamon; cassia (bark)

Shogi

promoted knight

crown of laurel

Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)

Shogi

knight promotion

cinnamic acid

Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)

mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi); Chinese perch

cinnamon (color)

poet laureate

Cercidiphyllaceae (monotypic plant family containing the katsura trees)

Go (game)

very large knight's move