下野

しもつけ

Also written シモツケ, 繍線菊

Meanings

1. Noun Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet See also: 下毛野 (しもつけの).
2. Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

Kanji

• 下 down. Read as しも.
• 野 field

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists