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菖蒲しょうぶ
sweet flag (Acorus calamus), calamus
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菖蒲あやめ
iris (flower)
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石菖せきしょう
Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
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菖蒲湯しょうぶゆ
bathwater with iris petals
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黄菖蒲きしょうぶ
yellow iris
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花菖蒲はなしょうぶ
Japanese iris, blue flag, Iris ensata
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庭石菖にわぜきしょう
blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)
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狸菖蒲タヌキアヤメ
wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum), wooly waterlily
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匂い菖蒲においしょうぶ
aromatic cane, orris
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檜扇菖蒲ひおうぎあやめ
Arctic iris (Iris setosa)
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六日の菖蒲むいかのあやめ
something that comes too late to be useful, iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)
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江戸花菖蒲えどはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata, Edo Japanese iris
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伊勢花菖蒲いせはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata, Ise Japanese iris
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肥後花菖蒲ひごはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata, Higo Japanese iris
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オランダ菖蒲オランダあやめ
gladiolus
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いずれ菖蒲か杜若いずれあやめかかきつばた
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other, both so beautiful it is hard to choose between