noun:

• delicate health; fragile health

noun:

• Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)

noun:

• Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Tamarix chinensis; Chinese tamarisk

noun:

• Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii) ➜ 山鳴

noun:

• Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

noun:

• Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.) ➜ 柳【やなぎ】

noun:

• riverside willow - archaism ➜ 川柳【かわやなぎ】

expression:

• handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride

noun:

• Salix leucopithecia (species of willow)

noun:

• Salix kinuyanagi (species of willow)

noun:

• rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)

noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• kitchen knife for sashimi

noun:

• osier (Salix viminalis)

noun:

• chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia) (species of willow, also Salix arbutifolia)

noun:

• beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) - obscure term ➜ 木麻黄

noun / ~の noun:

• slim waist
• waist of a willow tree

noun:

• Salix urbaniana (species of willow)

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb