柳
柳 — willow
- On
- リュウ
- Kun
- やなぎ
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N1
- School grade
- 8
Common words with 柳
- 柳やなぎwillow (any tree of genus Salix)Common
柳の枝に雪折れなし。
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. - 川柳せんりゅうsenryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poemCommon
- 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)Common
- 花柳かりゅうred-light districtCommon
- 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょうkitchen knife for sashimiOccasional
- 花柳界かりゅうかいred-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimondeOccasional
- 柳に風やなぎにかぜhandling things without making waves; taking in one's strideRare
- 風に柳かぜにやなぎwithout making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the windRare
- 道柳みちやなぎknotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)Rare
- 柳条りゅうじょうwillow twigRare
- 化粧柳けしょうやなぎchosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)Rare
- 庭柳にわやなぎknotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)Rare
- 柳刃やなぎばkitchen knife for sashimiRare
- 柳蘭やなぎらんrosebay (Epilobium angustifolium); rosebay willowherb; great willowherb; firewe…Rare
- 熊柳くまやなぎBerchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)Rare
- 柳条湖事件りゅうじょうこじけんLiutiaohu Incident (1931 railway bombing triggering the Manchurian Incident)Rare
- 柳江人りゅうこうじんLiujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East AsiaRare
- 花紅柳緑かこうりゅうりょくred blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; be…Rare
- 柳緑花紅りゅうりょくかこうred blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; be…Rare
- 柳は緑、花は紅やなぎはみどり、はなはくれないnatural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are cr…Rare
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