おみなえし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おみなえし – see the following entry.

【女郎花】

[noun] Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace

[noun] (poetic) allusion to 佐紀 (Saki, a placename)

[noun] (poetic) a young woman, maiden

[noun] a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”) with the front having green on the 経糸 (tateito, “warps”) and yellow on the 横糸 (yokoito, “wefts”), and the back green or yellow-green; reminiscent of the Patrinia scabiosifolia flowers

[noun] (nyōbō kotoba) millet

[noun] (nyōbō kotoba) mochi made from millet

Alternative spellings
オミナエシ, おみなべし

(This term, おみなえし, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)