投げ込み (Nagekomi): Free-Style Flower Arrangement

Meaning

English

free-style flower arrangement
insert (in a newspaper, book, etc.)
throwing in
tossing in

Reading

Kana

なげこみ

Romaji

nagekomi

Writing Variants

投込み なげこみ nagekomi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 119355 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

投書

とうしょ

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

投げる

なげる

to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

投入

とうにゅう

launching (a product into the market)

Example Sentences

1

ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。

Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.

Word Meaning 投げ込み