蒲

common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

Abbreviation

reddish yellow

dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)

Food, cooking

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence

person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf

Food, cooking

kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

purple willow

infirmity; delicate constitution

delicate health; fragile health

rose apple (Syzygium jambos); Malabar plum; jambos

Pulao (Chinese dragon)

quilting; ticking

bulrush mat

cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown

iris (flower)

Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)

Archaic

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

Colloquial

Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

creeping; crawling; sneaking

down quilt; feather quilt

thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage

reddish yellow