tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
roadside trees; row of trees
evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus); Japanese spindle tree
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree); evergreen tree
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
standing tree; standing timber
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
wooden board; woodblock; woodblock printing
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
dogwood (Cornus controversa)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
wooden framework; wooden frame; timberwork
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
money tree; gold mine; cash cow; jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
grade of wood; quality of wood; end grain; cut end; wooden grip (e.g. on a handbag)
stones and trees; sticks and stones; apathetic person; cold-hearted person; (arch.) brown coal
grain (of wood); unlacquered woodwork; plain wood; roughly cut wood for carving or lathing
if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
(arch.) firewood usage fee at an inn (for cooking food brought by the guest); cheap lodging house
yoke; constraints; oppression
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
cutting; planting (a cutting)
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
gate money; admission fee
large gate (to a castle); front gate; checkpoint (Edo period)
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
stock (from which a graft is taken); understock; root stock
breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); breadfruit tree
gardener; landscape gardener; nurseryman
Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)
dyeing with vegetable dyes
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
to not see the forest for the trees; to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
wooden stick; wooden pole
Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera); mukutree
kanji "tree" radical at left (radical 75)
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; (lit.) even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
baseboard; skirting board
trees and grass; vegetation
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
ancon; bracket; corbel piece
Naoki Prize (literary award)
Machilus thunbergii (species of laurel)
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
Pandanus boninensis (species of screw pine)
Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
Schoepfia jasminodora (tree of family Schoepfiaceae)
pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them
to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; (lit.) to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
lintel; crossbar; gate with a crossbar; roofed gate
classification of fragrant woods used as incense
kinoko; mountain-dwelling demon resembling a child
kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar
to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; (lit.) even the plants yield
inflexible people; heartless people; (lit.) Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone
wooden water pipe; wooden flume
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Kiso horse (Japanese indigenous horse breed); kisouma
Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore
have a pass to; have access to
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
wooden dolls; type of theatrical makeup; type of artwork using paper, cloth and paste
white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
understory trees; underbrush; undergrowth
plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)
wooden doll with Japanese costumes made from cloth with the edges tucked into grooves in the wood; kimekomi doll
of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse
part of a wooden board closer to the bark; face side
children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it
Japanese cheesewood (Pittosporum tobira)
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
wooden vat (esp. for sake brewing); wooden tank
devil's walking stick (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree
Betulaceae (birch family)
evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
early stachyurus (Stachyurus praecox); early spiketail
India rubber tree (Ficus elastica)
pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
buttonwood tree (Platanus occidentalis); American sycamore; buttonball tree
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)
forked viburnum (Viburnum furcatum); scarlet leaved viburnum
malus tschonoskii; white angel
all returns to dust; (lit.) the fruit of the tree falls to the roots
wooden blocks used as clappers
Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
Naoki Prize (literary award)
gum arabic tree (Senegalia senegal)
balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale); acajou
red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba); Indian silk-cotton tree
kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)
game tree (in combinatorial game theory)
wooden side strips of a bow
children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it
inner side of a wooden board; core side of sawn timber
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea)
hierarchical tree structure
Kibe sect (of Shin Buddhism)
wood sculptor; woodcarver
Aoki index (sum of the approval ratings of the cabinet and the ruling party)
Ueki Corporation; Uekigumi
Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish
person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans
a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; (lit.) a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost
(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole
shoe tree; shoe stretcher; shoemaker's last
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
citrus juice (used similarly to vinegar)
Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
pickled buds of chocolate vine, Japanese pepper tree, etc.
snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis); silver ear fungus
Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)
Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)
yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa
swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill
Futabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus spp.)
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum); northern bilberry
Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax)
Leucothoe grayana (species of ericaceous plant)
traveller's tree (Ravenala madagascariensis); traveller's palm
Indian quassia (Picrasma quassioides); quassia wood; picrasma wood
Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus); prickly castor oil tree
psylla (any insect of family Psyllidae); psyllid; jumping plant louse
Ryukyu tree lizard (Japalura polygonata)
buttercup witch hazel (Corylopsis pauciflora); winter hazel
Litsea coreana (species of tree in the laurel family)
Nikko maple (Acer maximowiczianum)
Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)
Disanthus cercidifolius (species of witch-hazel)
summer savory (Satureja hortensis)
fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata)
weight-chain-pole weapon; flail
Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak)
common treecreeper (species of songbird, Certhia familiaris)
black marlin (Makaira indica)
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
gray bottlebrush (Callistemon speciosus); grey bottlebrush
handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata); dove tree
iyomizugi winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
khat tree (Catha edulis); qat tree
spike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)
cloud ear fungus (Auricularia polytricha); wood ear fungus; black fungus
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (species of green alga)
horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera); drumstick tree; moringa
achiote (Bixa orellana); annatto
hornbeam maple (Acer carpinifolium)
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)
Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
Alangium platanifolium var. trilobum
Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)
Heptathela kimurai (species of burrowing spider)
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)
common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori)
ivy tree (Schefflera heptaphylla)
fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season)
split firewood; firewood chunks; billet
Miki Station (Miki Railway)