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蒲公英たんぽぽ
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
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蒲がま
common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
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蒲かば
common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
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蒲薦ほせん
bulrush mat
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蒲牢ほろう
Pulao (Chinese dragon)
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蒲桃ふともも
rose apple (Syzygium jambos), Malabar plum, jambos
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蒲柳ほりゅう
purple willow
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蒲黄ほおう
cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
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蒲焼かばやき
kabayaki, loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
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蒲魚かまとと
feigning ignorance, feigning naivety, pretense of innocence
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蒲鉾かまぼこ
kamaboko, steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
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蟹蒲カニかま
imitation crab meat, crab sticks
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菖蒲あやめ
iris (flower)
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菖蒲しょうぶ
sweet flag (Acorus calamus), calamus
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小蒲こがま
Typha orientalis
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座蒲ざふ
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
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蒲団皮ふとんがわ
quilting, ticking
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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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菖蒲湯しょうぶゆ
bathwater with iris petals
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筋蒲鉾すじかまぼこ
gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
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狸菖蒲タヌキアヤメ
wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum), wooly waterlily
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肉蒲団にくぶとん
Carnal Prayer Mat (Qing dynasty era erotic novel by Li Yu)
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蒲柳の質ほりゅうのしつ
delicate health, fragile health
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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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江戸花菖蒲えどはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata, Edo Japanese iris
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赤実蒲公英あかみたんぽぽ
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
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白花蒲公英しろばなたんぽぽ
Taraxacum albidum (species of white dandelion)
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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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肥後花菖蒲ひごはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata, Higo 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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紅輪蒲公英こうりんたんぽぽ
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca), orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, devil's paintbrush
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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
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肉蒲団にくぶとん
female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion)
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坐り蒲団すわりふとん
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
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紫蒲公英むらさきたんぽぽ
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)