カツラ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カツラ – see the following entry.

【桂かつら】J [noun] the katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, also called the Japanese Judas tree [noun] less commonly, the smaller Cercidiphyllum magnificum tree, more specifically called the 広葉桂 or ヒロハカツラ (hiroha katsura, “broadleaf katsura”). [noun] a tree on the moon, from a Chinese legend that the phases of the moon were caused by Lauraceae trees budding, blossoming, then dropping their flowers and leaves again as if in accelerated seasons [noun] julienned raw daikon, used as a garnish for sashimi [noun] alternative word for 肉桂 (nikkei, “the cinnamon or cassia tree”) or 桂皮 (keihi, “cinnamon or cassia bark”) [proper noun] a male given name [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] the west bank of the Katsura River in Kyōto

(This term, カツラ (katsura), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)