月桂
Chinese
moon; month | Cinnamonum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (月桂) | 月 | 桂 | |
anagram | 桂月 |
Pronunciation
Noun
月桂
- bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- (literary, Chinese mythology) sweet osmanthus on the Moon
- (literary, figuratively) the Moon; moonlight
- (literary, figuratively, historical) passing the imperial examination and winning a title
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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月 | 桂 |
げつ > げっ Grade: 1 | けい Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Noun
月桂 (hiragana げっけい, rōmaji gekkei)
- laurel
- 1922, 芥川龍之介, 神神の微笑:
- 庭の橄欖や月桂は、ひっそりと夕闇に聳えていた。
- Niwa no kanran ya gekkei wa, hissori to yūyami ni sobiete ita.
- The white olives, laurels, and so on towered silently in the twilight of the garden.
- 庭の橄欖や月桂は、ひっそりと夕闇に聳えていた。
- 1922, 芥川龍之介, 神神の微笑:
- the moon
- moonlight