おみなえし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おみなえし – see the following entry.

【女郎花】 [noun] Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace [noun] (poetic) allusion to 佐紀 (Saki, a placename) [noun] (poetic) a young woman, maiden [noun] a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”) with the front having green 経糸 (tateito, “warps”) and yellow 横糸 (yokoito, “wefts”), and lined with green or yellow-green; reminiscent of the Patrinia scabiosifolia flowers [noun] (nyōbō kotoba) millet [noun] (nyōbō kotoba) mochi made from millet Alternative spellings オミナエシ, おみなべし, オミナベシ

(This term, おみなえし (ominaeshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)