Word Meaning 葛藤

つづらふじ tsuzurafuji

葛藤 is read as つづらふじ (tsuzurafuji) and means Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum).

Meaning

English

Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

Reading

Kana

つづらふじ

Romaji

tsuzurafuji

Writing Variants

防已つづらふじ tsuzurafuji

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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葛藤科

つづらふじか

Menispermaceae (moonseed family of plants)

風藤葛

ふうとうかずら

Japanese pepper (Piper kadsura)

葛

つづら

Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

藤

ふじ

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda)

野田藤

のだふじ

Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

山藤

やまふじ

silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)

男は松女は藤

おとこはまつおんなはふじ

men are the strong base to which women cling

夏藤

なつふじ

Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)

昇藤

のぼりふじ

lupine

庭藤

にわふじ

Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora)

草藤

くさふじ

tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)

支那藤

しなふじ

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

Example Sentences

父と私の葛藤に、彼は気付いていないようです。

He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.

人種間には様々な葛藤、軋轢があることは、本書においても明らかにされているところである。

That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.