Word Meaning 時鳥草

ほととぎす hototogisu

時鳥草 is read as ほととぎす (hototogisu) and means toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta).

Meaning

English

toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

Reading

Kana

ほととぎす

Romaji

hototogisu

Writing Variants

時鳥草 ほととぎすそう hototogisusou
杜鵑草 ほととぎす hototogisu
杜鵑草 ほととぎすそう hototogisusou
油点草 ほととぎす hototogisu
油点草 ほととぎすそう hototogisusou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 120114 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

時計草

とけいそう

blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)

果物時計草

くだものとけいそう

passion fruit (Passiflora edulis)

千鳥草

ちどりそう

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

時つ鳥

ときつどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

時の鳥

ときのとり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

飛鳥時代

あすかじだい

Asuka period (550-710 CE)

草木も眠る丑三つ時

くさきもねむるうしみつどき

dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

子で子にならぬ時鳥

こでこにならぬほととぎす

no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child

草原雷鳥

そうげんらいちょう

greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

時折

ときおり

sometimes

時間割

じかんわり

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)

時期

じき

time