Word Meaning しだれ柳

しだれやなぎ shidareyanagi

しだれ柳 is read as しだれやなぎ (shidareyanagi) and means weeping willow (Salix babylonica).

Meaning

English

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

Reading

Kana

しだれやなぎ

Romaji

shidareyanagi

Writing Variants

枝垂れ柳 しだれやなぎ shidareyanagi
垂れ柳 しだれやなぎ shidareyanagi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 134504 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

青柳

あおやぎ

green willow (i.e. one that has budded)

川柳

せんりゅう

senryū

柳

やなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

花柳

かりゅう

red-light district

大葉柳

おおばやなぎ

Salix urbaniana (species of willow)

川柳

かわやなぎ

Salix gilgiana (species of willow)

川柳

かわやぎ

riverside willow

道柳

みちやなぎ

knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

未央柳

びようやなぎ

Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)

行李柳

こりやなぎ

Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)

花柳

はなやぎ

Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing

風に柳

かぜにやなぎ

without making waves

Example Sentences

花火のフィナーレを飾った「しだれ柳」は、夜空に華やかに舞い上がり、緩やかな弧を描きながらゆっくりと垂れ下がって、やがてその可憐な姿を消していった。

The Firework's displays final "Weeping Willow" display brilliantly launched into the night sky, slowly dripping down as it drew a gentle slope until finally its blossoming figure gradually vanished.