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Zach

噛柴

匂辛夷、 田虫葉

Readings

Kana: たむしば、タムシバ
Romaji: tamushiba, tamushiba
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ゴウ、 か.む、 か.じる
Meanings: chew, bite, gnaw
Readings: サイ、 シ、 しば
Meanings: brush, firewood
Readings: にお.う、 にお.い、 にお.わせる
Meanings: fragrant, stink, glow, insinuate, (kokuji)
Readings: シン、 から.い、 つら.い、 -づら.い、 かのと
Meanings: spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
Readings: イ、 えびす、 えみし、 ころ.す、 たい.らげる
Meanings: barbarian, savage, Ainu
Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし
Meanings: insect, bug, temper
Readings: ヨウ、 は
Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece