ししゃも【▲柳▲葉▲魚】
[< ((アイヌ語)) susam]a shishamo smelt
やながわ(なべ)【▲柳川(鍋)】
(a pot of) loaches cooked [boiled] in soy sauce with beaten egg and slivers of burdock
やなぎ【柳】
a willow (tree);〔柳細工に適した柳〕an osier [óuʒər]細工用の柳の小枝wicker柳の枝で作ったかご「a wicker [an osier] basket/a ba...
やなぎごし【柳腰】
柳腰の女a woman with a slim [slender] waist/a girl with a willowy figure
りゅうび【柳眉】
shapely eyebrows柳眉をさかだてて抗議したShe (raised her beautiful eyebrows and) protested to him in anger [in...
やなぎごうり【柳行李】
a wicker trunk
やなぎざいく【柳細工】
wickerwork
やなぎにかざおれなし【柳に風折れなし】
((諺)) Oaks may break when reeds stand the storm./((諺)) Better bend than break.
やなぎにかぜ【柳に風】
彼女の言葉を柳に風と受け流したHe took no heed of what she said./He let her words go in one ear and out the other.
やなぎにゆきおれなし【柳に雪折れなし】
Willows do not break but bend under the snow./Oaks may fall while reeds survive the storm.