futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
delicate health; fragile health
down quilt; feather quilt
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
straw futon; straw mattress; palliasse
bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath
down quilt; feather quilt
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
rose apple (Syzygium jambos); Malabar plum; jambos
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
burying a person under a futon
something that comes too late to be useful; (lit.) iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
beating a futon (to remove dust and air it out); futon beater; carpet beater
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence; person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf
creeping; crawling; sneaking
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
beating a futon (to remove dust and air it out); futon beater; carpet beater
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry; any cherry tree with birch-like bark; (arch.) Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris
fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
Arctic iris (Iris setosa)
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
Taraxacum albidum (species of white dandelion)
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
gladiolus; Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica)
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum); wooly waterlily
German iris (Iris germanica)