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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楊、楊柳
やなぎ、ようりゅう、ヤナギ
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
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りゅう
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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青柳

あおやぎ、あおやなぎ
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
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川柳

川楊、楊柳
かわやなぎ、カワヤナギ
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
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川柳

せんりゅう
senryu; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-syllable poem
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花柳

かりゅう
red-light district
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花柳

はなやぎ
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
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柳葉

やないば、やなぎば、りゅうよう
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
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川柳

かわやぎ
riverside willow
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雪柳

ゆきやなぎ
Thunberg spirea; Spirea thunbergii