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柳 means 'willow'
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リュウ
Additional readings
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 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 柳 is used 47 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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リュウ
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noun
senryu; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-syllable poem(click the word for examples and links)
やなぎ
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やな:
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やぎ:
3 words.
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An additional 11 less common words include 柳 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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