Word Meaning 枝垂柳

しだれやなぎ shidareyanagi

枝垂柳 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

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

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 134815 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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枝垂

しだれ

weeping form (e.g. tree)

枝垂桜

しだれざくら

weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana)

枝垂杉

しだれすぎ

weeping cedar

枝豆

えだまめ

edamame (green soybeans)

枝条

しじょう

branch (of a tree)

枝宮

えだみや

subordinate shrine

枝葉末節

しようまっせつ

unimportant details

柳

やなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

青柳

あおやぎ

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

川柳

せんりゅう

senryū

花柳

かりゅう

red-light district

大葉柳

おおばやなぎ

Salix urbaniana (species of willow)