Word Meaning 六日の菖蒲

むいかのあやめ muika no ayame

六日の菖蒲 is read as むいかのあやめ (muika no ayame) and means something that comes too late to be useful.

Meaning

English

  1. something that comes too late to be useful
  2. iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)

Reading

Kana

むいかのあやめ

Romaji

muika no ayame

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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六日

むいか

6th day of the month

六日間戦争

むいかかんせんそう

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

六日戦争

むいかせんそう

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

菖蒲

そうぶ

Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

伊勢花菖蒲

いせはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata

江戸花菖蒲

えどはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata

肥後花菖蒲

ひごはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata

花菖蒲

はなあやめ

Japanese iris

菖蒲

あやめ

Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)

黄菖蒲

きしょうぶ

yellow iris

檜扇菖蒲

ひおうぎあやめ

Arctic iris (Iris setosa)

オランダ菖蒲

おらんだあやめ

Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica)