ヤナギ

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

[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

[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.)

Japanese