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柳 means 'willow'
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Name なぎ や やい やぎ やな やない
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Willows play important roles in Japan, lining rivers in several cities (and the streets of Ginza in Tokyo) and frequently appearing in ink paintings. Using pliable willow wood, people make everything from chopsticks and wicker to medicine. Sayings about taking things in stride often include 柳. There's also a link between 柳 and geisha, as well as a connection between willows and ghosts!
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 柳 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 柳 is used 47 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
リュウ
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やなぎ
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noun
1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica) (see also: 枝垂れ柳; this meaning is restricted to reading やなぎ, ヤナギ)
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noun
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root (see also: 泥鰌; food term)TEST
やぎ:
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