茅

Vocabulary (12)

• 茅潜

  かやくぐり

  Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)

• 瀬戸茅

  せとがや

  Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

• 油茅

  あぶらがや

  abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)

• 茅渟

  ちぬ

  black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

• 茅渟鯛

  ちぬだい

  black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

• 浅茅生

  あさじう

  broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass

• 茅

  ち

  cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

• 茅の輪

  ちのわ

  cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

• 茅蜩

  ひぐらし

  evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

• 茅台酒

  マオタイしゅ

  maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

• 粽

  ちまき

  rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

• かやぶき屋根

  かやぶきやね

  thatched roof