ヤナギ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ヤナギ – see the following entry.

【やなぎ】 [noun] 柳, 楊, 楊柳: [circa 759] a willow tree [noun] 柳, 楊柳: [999] a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”), with white on the front and greenish-blue (or yellowish-green) on the back [noun] 柳, 楊柳: Short for 柳色 (yanagi-iro): a dark yellow-green color, as from a willow leaf [noun] 柳: (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of November [proper noun] 柳: a surname Alternative spellings 柳, 楊, 楊柳

(This term, ヤナギ (yanagi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)