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

  1. Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  2. 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

Max. 12

風藤葛

ふうとうかずら

Japanese pepper (Piper kadsura)

つづら

Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

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)

庭藤

にわふじ

Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora)

昇り藤

のぼりふじ

lupine

草藤

くさふじ

tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)

支那藤

しなふじ

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

藤女子大学

ふじじょしだいがく

Fuji Women's University

Example Sentences

2

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

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