This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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びわ酒

枇杷酒
びわしゅ
loquat wine
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犬枇杷

天仙果
いぬびわ、イヌビワ
Ficus erecta (species of ficus)
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枇杷

びわ、ビワ
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
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黄皮木

黄枇
わんぴ、ワンピ
wampee (Clausena lansium)
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山枇杷

やまびわ、ヤマビワ
Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
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鬢削ぎ

鬢そぎ、鬢枇、鬢曽木、鬢除ぎ
びんそぎ
cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)