willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
Thunberg spirea; Spirea thunbergii
slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
sexually transmitted disease; social disease
delicate health; fragile health
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
kitchen knife for sashimi
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
without making waves; softly; (lit.) (like) a willow in the wind
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
beautiful scenery of spring; red-light district
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
kitchen knife for sashimi
Tamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; (lit.) willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; (lit.) willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.)
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)
beautiful scenery of spring
red-light district; pleasure quarter
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
Yanagihara Station (Ehime)
Koyanagi Station (Aomori)
beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Salix kinuyanagi (species of willow)
chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia) (species of willow, also Salix arbutifolia)
Salix urbaniana (species of willow)