柳

やなぎ

Also written ヤナギ, 楊柳, ようりゅう, 楊

Meanings

1. Noun willow (any tree of genus Salix)
2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica) See also: しだれ柳 (しだれやなぎ).

Kanji

• 柳 willow. Read as やなぎ.

Example sentences

• いつも柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。
  A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
• 柳の下の泥鰌。
  A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.
• 柳の枝に雪折れなし。
  Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

Words containing 柳

• しだれ柳 (しだれやなぎ) weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
• 青柳 (あおやぎ) green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• 雪柳 (ゆきやなぎ) Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii)

And 16 more.

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