ヤナギ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ヤナギ – see the following entry.
【やなぎ】
[noun] 柳, 楊, 楊柳: [circa 759] a willow tree
[noun] 柳, 楊柳: [999] a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”), with white on the front and greenish-blue (or yellowish-green) on the back
[noun] 柳, 楊柳: short for 柳色 (yanagi-iro): a dark yellow-green color, as from a willow leaf
[noun] 柳: (card games, hanafuda) The willow or rain suit in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of November and the number eleven in most of Japan (June and six in 虫花 (mushibana) decks, February and two in games from the Nagoya region, and December and twelve in Korea)
[proper noun] 柳: a surname
Alternative spellings
柳, 楊, 楊柳
(This term, ヤナギ (yanagi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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