Word Meaning 苗木

なえぎ naegi

苗木 is read as なえぎ (naegi) and means seedling.

Meaning

English

seedling
sapling
young tree

Reading

Kana

なえぎ

Romaji

naegi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 16684 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

苗

なえ

rice seedling

苗床

なえどこ

seedbed

苗代時

なわしろどき

time to prepare a rice nursery

樹木

じゅもく

tree

啄木

たくぼく

woodpecker

土佐水木

とさみずき

spike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)

藤空木

ふじうつぎ

Japanese butterfly bush (species of buddleia, Buddleja japonica)

松の木

まつのき

pine tree

鹿子の木

かごのき

Litsea coreana (species of tree in the laurel family)

博打の木

ばくちのき

Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)

伊予水木

いよみずき

iyomizugi winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)

梅花空木

ばいかうつぎ

Satsuma mock orange

Example Sentences

トムは桃の苗木を植えました。

Tom planted a peach tree.

虫、自動車の排気ガス、台風など、苗木を害するものは多い。

There are many things that harm young saplings, such as insects, car exhaust, and typhoons.

「ハナミズキ」は、1915年アメリカ合衆国ワシントンD.C.から苗木が贈られ日本で植栽されるようになった。

In 1915, the flowering dogwood had its seedlings imported from Washington D.C, USA, and is now grown in Japan.

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